FIRE!

In these parts some farmers bale the straw after the field has been combined and some farmers burn the fields. 2 of the farmers we worked for started burning their fields while we were working for other farmers in that area. We were shocked how fast it burnt up (a matter of minutes) and how they didn't seem concerned that it would catch other fields on fire.





Another fire occured while we were there. I was off getting parts so I only heard about it. A neighbor stopped in at a field our crew was harvesting. He was driving a gas pickup truck. He stopped the truck and got out to chat with the guys. Before everyone knew it there was a fire right by that guys truck. Thankfully there
were several guys standing around there at the time. They all grabbed fire extinguishers or shovels and got the fire out in a matter of seconds. Say 30 more seconds would have went by before people could have got to it, it would already have been out of control and there would be little chance of stopping it. Needless to say the farmer was very thankful for our guys' quick reaction times and chewed out his neighbor that he should have known better; you never want to drive a gas vehicle into a wheat field, gas is more combustable than diesel.