The fire has burned since Monday, and it was still burning Friday night. It's been kept under control, but on Friday with all the dryness and high wind crews shut the site down. Smoke covered the roadway and worksite Friday afternoon as the fire entered its fifth day.
We used to have these huge silage piles that popped up during alfalfa harvest time that would catch fire like that. Spontaneous combustion. You wouldn't even know it was on fire till you stuck a piece of rebar down there and it came out white hot.
ReplyDeleteKinda like the fire fire in Westley.
ReplyDeleteThat article is from last week. Pretty sure it re-opened a couple of days ago
ReplyDeleteYeah. Coal mines have a habit of burning for eons too.
ReplyDeleteOoooo, eons! Are we supposed to be impressed with that?
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Mulch pile along I-75 in Ft Myers, FL catches fire every year
ReplyDeleteTrue. I know of a municipality some years ago now that had one burning for over four years if I remember right.
ReplyDeleteHappens with grain silos, too. With explosive outcomes.
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Hey, I wonder what might happen if we moved some silage heaps and grain silos to District Of Corruption...
DeleteSomething like this happened at our landfill a couple years ago. It burned for a couple days. I've always wondered if they were getting to much mulch and decided this was the easiest way to get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteDid you know there are 38 actively burning underground coal mine fires that 'experts' have no idea how to deal with?
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