I think you will find out you have a bearing that is out on that top roller. They will get hot and start fires. I whole heartedly agree that you need fire extinguishers on all major pieces of equipment.
Something that may help you next time. We check all the roller bearings DAILY after we bale a few bales with an inferred thermometer. You can spot a bearing going bad DAYS before it actually goes out. It will run warmer than the other bearings. We mark a warm bearing and check it again later. If it is still warm then it is replaced ASAP.
There is a baler fire just about every fall around here with guys baling bedding. 10 years ago or so a local fellow took the last bale off the field in the baler. He dropped it next to where he stacked his bales which also was right next to his silage bags. The bale burst into flames when he dumped it out. There was a pretty good wind blowing right towards the stack of bales and the silage bags. HE lost ALLL the bales and burnt one plastic bag off of one corn silage bale. The fore department kept his barns from burning. He still had a BIG mess.
Another fellow had his catch on fire and drove to the house where he had a hose to put it out with. HE just about burnt his house down as a garden hose is not enough against a raging fire. He lost the baler and all the siding on one side of his house.
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