Firefighters helped contain and extinguish a stack of burning hay bales early Saturday morning near the intersection of 119 Street and Quicksilver Road near Longmont.
According to a Boulder County Sheriff’s Office news release, the ground fire was reported about 1:30 a.m. to the Boulder County Communications Center.
The release said members with the Mountain View Fire Protection District and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office responded. Upon arrival, they found a stack of hay bales burning.
The sheriff’s office said there were no buildings or houses nearby, and the only damage was to some grass near the hay bale stack and the hay bales themselves. Firefighters contained the fire to the stack of hay bales and monitored it. According to the release, it takes less resources to allow the fire to burn itself out than to try to extinguish that type of fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.
No damage and no injuries were reported due to this incident.
