In response to one of the posts asking if the fire was in SC I did a search. Here's a link to an article on the whole mess.
Given the number of bales it looks like the number my buddy said was an estimate of the number of small bales they might get out of the deal when all is said and done. Reading the article and seeing the pics I wonder how they are going to get even that much from the wet mess that's left.
I guess the really bad thing in the deal is that insurance wise about all they might be able to expect would be a payout for the cost per big bale, which the article puts around $152,000. Given the clean up cost to salvage what's left, the fact that the bales are worth several times the price when broken down into smaller bales, and all other factors involved, it's just a losing proposition for them any way they go, and I can easily see it being a million dollar mess....
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