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Barn Fire..Wet hay question.....

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Joe in IN

01-06-2008 18:58:47




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Had a fire in my barn. Thurs night. Most of the fire was contained to hay on a wagon. Minimal structural damage to barn. All 120 bales on wagon were lost. My barn is 36X54 and I had about 500 bales(all small aquares) in the back of the barn. They were untouched by fire, but the fire department put A LOT of water in the barn.

So the nice, green stuff got wet.

My question: Not dry hay, when baled, will ignite in time. Will dry hay that has gotten wet do the same?

Obviously mold will set in, but will there be a potential fire hazard if left set for a while?

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johns48jdb

01-09-2008 04:44:20




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
i have a fatal lung disease that could have been caused by wet or molded hay. if you go in there you need to wear a very good mask. wash your hands good afterwards before putting them on food or near your mouth. i wouldn't try to save the hay at, but rather pile it in a ditch that washes real bad or spread it out on the side of a hill that washes. some neighbors might want it for that if you don't.

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JoshuaGA

01-07-2008 16:10:25




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
Move it all out to a pasture and let cows go to town. Don't bother salting, by the time you have enough salt in it to stop mold, it will be refused, so it ain't worth the effort. Sorry for your loss, but your priority the next few days will be moving hay out to feed a few cows, and airing out your barn. Sorry for your loss.

JoshuaGA



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RobMD

01-07-2008 15:36:55




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
get it dry, and possibly auction it off, FAST.



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John S-B

01-07-2008 06:42:43




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
Move them out of the barn ASAP. May be able to save some of them if you can get them dried out.



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Briar Creek Stables

01-07-2008 02:28:50




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
We had some round bales that went bad last year. I moved them to a corner of a field and planned on busting them down and spreading them in the spring.

When I busted them down in the spring the inside of the bales were nothing but bright red ambers and the bales ignited in seconds. Just as soon as the air hit the coals it was up in flames.

These bales were far enough away from everything, so I just let them burn. Hay fires are hard to put out anyways. I just camped ut down there to make sure nothing else was going to catch on fire.

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kyhayman

01-06-2008 20:00:11




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
It's fungi (mold) growing on the hay that makes it get hot. Doesnt matter if its stem moisture or water moisture. Wet is wet.

Man, I hate to hear about the fire and the hay damage. Any idea what ignited the wagon load? Best advice I can give is get it opened up, down to where its dry. I got 6 inches in a building in a storm that took the roof. Had almost 6000 bales in it. What we got out first was damages 2 bales deep. What we got out 4 days later was wet down 5 bales.

Good luck

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TravisB

01-06-2008 19:54:48




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
depending on how wet the hay is you might be able to spread the bales out, salt them, and get by without much mold damage. i'm sure the bales on the outside of the pile are very wet throughout the bale but the ones toward the middle might be able to be salvaged with a little space and salt. if you keep them together wet in the barn long enough you're sure to have another visit from the fire dept.

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ShepFL

01-06-2008 19:28:16




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 Re: Barn Fire..Wet hay question..... in reply to Joe in IN, 01-06-2008 18:58:47  
Wet hay is wet hay. It will have the same characteristics whether put up green or if the FD hosed it down.

Glad no one was hurt and damage was limited. If possible I would try to feed it as quickly as possible due to loss of protein for the livestock and as you stated it can become moldy and not much good.

I have provided a link about wet hay storage that has some good info. The jest of the article is monitoring for dry hay that got flood damaged. Be sure to keep an eye on it as you don"t want a repeat. Sorry for your loss.

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