I had a pasture fire get away from me to the neighbors land when the wind shifted. What worked real good with foot tall grass and 2-3 foot tall flames was a snow shovel. One whack with a snow shovel would kill most of the fire under it. Basically worked the line from behind and got it before it spread too far. Had a friend with a wide, flat metal snow shovel and I used a wide, flat plastic one. The plastic one warped so it isn't any good for snow and the aluminum one got bent but I keep them handy for fires as they are light and easy to swing. Much easier than a grain scoop or a burlap bag with a bucket of water. I don't think my garden sprayer would have touched those flames and fire trucks can have a dickens of a time putting out fires with their pumps and nozzles.
I don't think the neighbor would have cared if I burnt his pasture too but with the wind shift I didn't have a back burn set up on his place. One pasture runs north and south with crop ground on either side so I had waited for a wind out of the east and I back burned by the state highway ditch so it didn't get on their right of way.
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