08/23/2024
So, this happened today. Farmers hay bailer across the road went up in smoke.
I’ve had fire extinguishers listed on my shopping list for, like, ever! But keep forgetting to pick them up. Had I gotten them like I planned, I could’ve stopped this fire before it started and saved this farmers bailer. Stood there helpless watching it.
Looked at security camera and it took less than six minutes to go from a little bit of smoke to fully engulfed catching the pasture on fire. Local EMC bucket truck driving by stopped and pulled out their fire extinguishers and put out all of the hay in the field that was beginning to catch. Behind the tree line is a large neighborhood. MY NEIGHBORHOOD!! The farmer got the tractor unhooked about 30 seconds before the fire took off.
First thing I did was sit down and order fire extinguishers.