Highway hay fire

Friday, August 19, 2011
Nick Cole/Courtesy Photo
Nick Cole/Courtesy Photo

Red Willow Western Rural Firefighters work at the scene of a fire Thursday evening involving a truck load of bales that fell off a trailer and caught fire along U.S. Highway 83 south of High Butler Lake north of McCook. Officials don't know what caused the hay, on its way to drought-stricken Oklahoma, to catch fire, speculating it might have been a spark in the truck's exhaust, or spontaneous combustion. Firefighters remained at the scene of the smouldering fire this morning. The smoke combined with fog to create hazardous driving conditions.

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