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Fire destroys 500 tons of hay

Written by Observer staff reports August 17, 2009 02:36 pm

Water is sprayed on the Woodruff Lane haystack that caught fire Friday morning. Three departments sent equipment to the blaze, which destroyed 500 tons of hay. Submitted photo
Water is sprayed on the Woodruff Lane haystack that caught fire Friday morning. Three departments sent equipment to the blaze, which destroyed 500 tons of hay. Submitted photo
Three local firefighting agencies were called Friday morning to quell a blaze in a haystack in rural Union.

The La Grande Rural Fire District sent an engine and a tender to the fire, on Woodruff Lane near Godley Road. The Cove Fire Department responded with an engine and a tender, and the Imbler Fire Department sent a tender.

No injuries were reported, but 500 tons of hay belonging to Mike Becker were destroyed.

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