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Posted by Bob G on August 05, 2004 at 16:12:07 from (65.164.36.170):
I was gone to Detroit for 10 days, my son was getting married. Got home last night about 9:00 pm and noticed dust and tree limbs and the smell of smoke in the air. This morning I went out and check and the field behind my house was all black. They got is stopped at my fence line by cutting a fire break with a disc. Went over and talked to the neighbor and it started on a combine about five miles away. It burned right up to the neighbors lawn and then went over the top of the house. The fireman figure the house didn't burn because of the metal roof and asbestos siding. A total of 3000 acres burned with about 700 not combined. No buildings or people hurt which is good. Winds were about 40 mph they could only stand and wait while it burned. I had let my cows eat the back pasture down pretty good so that I could put them in the front pasture while I was gone or it would have burned right through our place. My barn was full of hay, my 62 Ford Galaxie and old Ford pickup in there. They were all covered with ashes and shoot which blew in through the cracks. I'm darn lucky a spark didn't get in or it would have been gone. Bob G
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