Posted by 37 chief on July 28, 2020 at 17:19:32 from (68.8.204.199):
Mowing today. I get to the bottom of the area. Start back up and see a fire going. It was about 10 ft. in dia. by the time I got there. It was mowed weeds, , and almost flat, but it was sure burning. I tried to run over it, but no luck. I grabbed my water extinguisher, by that time the fire was spreading fast. I got it almost out, and ran out of water. Now the fun begins. It was heading to a heavy brush area 10 ft away. I couldn't put it out by stomping. I jumped on my tractor and slid the rear wheel over the fire several rounds. I was a doing fairly good job. but a little help would have been nice. Then help showed up. two gardeners showed up with two five gallon pales of water each, and put the rest out. Then one points to my tractor. The mower is in flames from the chaff that had built up on top burning like crazy, like wise the rear of my tractor. The last five gal of water took care of that. If the fire would have reached the tall brush it wouldn't have been good, may have made the five o'clock news. The fire was from a rock strike. Stan
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