HAY BALER CATCHES FIRE NEAR LEDBETTER
No injuries were reported after a hay baler caught fire Thursday afternoon near Ledbetter.
Around 1 p.m., Fayette County dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a hay baler fire on FM 1291, one mile south of Highway 290.
When first responders arrived, the New Holland hay baler was fully engulfed.
The Ledbetter Fire Department requested assistance from the Carmine Fire Department. A Fayette County Sheriff’s deputy also responded to the scene.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which is believed to have started from an overheated bearing that ignited hay in the baler.
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