Monday afternoon, while still at work I heard the local fire department get toned out but didn't think much about it. It was around 4:00 when that happened, about 4:45 a guy who knows me and where I split wood called and said I better go investigate and maybe move my equipment because a brush fire was out of control.
Here are some shots of what I saw when I got there, the fire was only burning for about 45 minutes but we had wind gusts of 40 mph. I got the splitter and the tractor out without any issues and the fire was extremely close, about 30' up a small embankment but luckily the wind was blowing the fire straight north and my stacks survived. It ended up burning over 300 acres of prairie land and threatened several homes. If not for the dedication and speed of many local, small fire departments at least 20 homes would have been lost or damaged. I commend them all! May have to rethink where I stack the next bunch.
Here are some shots of what I saw when I got there, the fire was only burning for about 45 minutes but we had wind gusts of 40 mph. I got the splitter and the tractor out without any issues and the fire was extremely close, about 30' up a small embankment but luckily the wind was blowing the fire straight north and my stacks survived. It ended up burning over 300 acres of prairie land and threatened several homes. If not for the dedication and speed of many local, small fire departments at least 20 homes would have been lost or damaged. I commend them all! May have to rethink where I stack the next bunch.