Hubby and I were doing our traditional drive about discovering new roads in the area when we say black smoke on the horizon.
So naturally, we went to investigate. And - I actually had my camera with me which has not been happening much lately.
This tractor was packing silage when it overheated and caught fire. Both fire departments of the Town of Nanton and the Rural Municipality of Willow Hills came to fight the fire, which took many hours to do.
Goodness could of been a very expensive loss.. Do birds make nests under the bonnets that cause tractor fires? and big problem here .. Starlings get under the bonnet where it's warm, make a nest and then as the tractor heats up lights up the dry grass etc..
What a fabulous journalistic photo Wendy, ( could tag scenes off the road perhaps?)
Farmers here are terrified of fire happening here, everything is so tinder dry. some idiots set fire to a haystack yesterday thousands of pounds of valuable crop went up in smoke and fortunately no wind to spread it to homes.
Farmers here are terrified of fire happening here, everything is so tinder dry. some idiots set fire to a haystack yesterday thousands of pounds of valuable crop went up in smoke and fortunately no wind to spread it to homes.