HAY FIRES

2 of them this week,one 80 bales,one over 200. Will people ever learn that wet/green hay will spontainiously combust.

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Permalink Reply by Buddy Walter on August 20, 2007 at 9:46am

we had a hay barn fire with 200 round bales weight 1200lbs. farmer also had another barn with over 500 bales and he moved them out of the barn into the field he said let them dry out for about a week i quest it was not long enoff to dry out. i quest he was right. One day they will learn

Permalink Reply by Kevin King on August 21, 2007 at 4:18pm

I kinda got my doubts,the 80 bale fire was on a former fire ground from 6 yrs ago there used to be a 80X140 ft. barn on that site.Oh yeah it was full of green hay too.

Permalink Reply by Lawrence W on August 24, 2007 at 3:10pm

Eastern Shore of Maryland, same problem. We have had several Hay Bale fires this year. Usually due to hay not being properly dried.

Permalink Reply by Bill Brennan on September 5, 2007 at 1:25pm

We get our fair share of hay fires too.We've had a few lately.One of them was pretty good sized.

Permalink Reply by JR Bischoff on September 26, 2007 at 8:06pm

I live in rural Ohio, in oe of the biggest dairy farming counties in the US. While we have been fortunate not to have any hay fires break out yet, we have emptied a barn full of "smoking". The newest thing that we have run ito is the dreaded silo fire. We have had the same silo cach fire twice in the last two years!

Permalink Reply by Chris Kelly on January 2, 2009 at 8:09pm

Some farmers don't even believe that it's possible.. Piercing nozzles, smooth bore @ high pressure, best fix. I recall a few that we were on scene for more than 24 hours. Barns, three floors high, full of wet-moldy-HOT hay. In that case, we resulted to digging up a field, filling the hole with water, dumping the hay into that then burying it in a mud slurry. Worst part is getting the cow shit smell out of your gear.

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 23, 2009 at 1:14am

About a month ago had about 30 round bales go up. Farmer not sure how it started since it was all in the field way longer than it really needed and even sat in the field after being rolled for a while. Fortunately it was all outside and he was able to get his Bobcat with a fork on the fornt and move a couple rows and we just wet down the border and let it burn out.

7 years ago had a barn with 490 round bales in it go up due to a vehicle fire in the barn. 190,000 gallons trucked in the night of the fire and another 100,000 over the next 7 days hitting hot spots. On the bright side got a good laught when one captain fell face first in a huge pile of horse crap! Someone even got a picture of it! Than was a great moment in the frustration of dealing with the farmer who just would not leave it alone! I mean really, what part of we put a bunch of water and foam on it and we will come back about lunch time tomorrow to hit the hot spots, don't touch it did he not understand...0630 tones Rekindle at the same address because Farmer Bob is out there with his freaking backhoe digging the crap up to put in trucks to haul away!

Permalink Reply by Dennis Downey on July 22, 2010 at 7:48pm

Just let it burn, Once the smoke gets in they wont eat it anyway. The bale is now worthless. I wont let my guys ruin 1500 worth of gear for a bale of hay worth .10.

Permalink Reply by John Dobson on November 25, 2010 at 9:14pm