Firemen from three departments fight a fire that spread to more than 40 hay bales in Junction City on Saturday. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
More than 40 hay bales burned in a yard fire Saturday afternoon at the Charles Wooters home at 2431 Barton Road in Junction City.
Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says no structures were threatened. Centralia Fire Protection District and Odin Fire Protection District were called to bring tankers to the scene. Parson says they worked the perimeter of the bales for several hours to ensure the fire wouldn’t spread to nearby vegetation.
Wooters used a backhoe to move some of the bales, to allow the bales on fire to burn themselves out.
A controlled leaf fire may have started the fire in the bales.
The fire call came in at 1:51 with firemen on the scene for about three hours.
Firemen work to break apart a hay bale to help the fire burn itself out. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Charles Wooters uses his backhoe to help move some of the burning hay bales in an effort to bring the Saturday fire under control. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
