What was once the old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator in Turtleford, Sask., burned to the ground last night. Turtleford RCMP closed Highway 26, which runs adjacent to the elevator, just before 11 p.m. and it is believed the fire started shortly after 10. Highway 26 was re-opened shortly after 5 a.m. though fire crews remained […] Read more
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Hog barn fire ‘could have been much worse’
The cause of this fire has not been determined, but here are some preventive tips:
A hog farm north of Leroy, Sask., is redistributing its stock after a June 18 inferno demolished two barns. The structural fire killed about 4,500 pigs after nearly 30 firefighters battled the blaze for more than three hours. “The neighbour across the road reported it and then called me, so I was first on site,” […] Read more
Fire in the pit
A tractor fire broke out at the Webton Dairy Farm near Alma, Ont., recently. The tractor was over a manure pit and nobody was injured and there was no other damage reported. The image, taken by Sharon Grose, has been entered in a photo contest sponsored by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. To vote, […] Read more
Sask. wildfire threat update
Wildfire management in Saskatchewan is at its highest alert level because of the hot and dry weather across the province. Steve Roberts, the executive director of wildfire management in Saskatchewan, provided a wildfire threat update on May 22, 2015. “We’ll give you a general overview. We’re looking at across the province humidities less than 20 […] Read more
Fiery explosion puts kibosh on combining
James Zimmer was combine shopping last week after his old one blew up. The fiery scene, which occurred in the Zimmer family’s farmyard near Major, Sask., Sept. 6., destroyed the machine with flames and explosions hot enough to melt aluminum. “It was a close call.… The flames were probably 50 feet in the air,” Zimmer […] Read more
Grass fire leaves blackened reminder of its rage
The wind was gusting to 110 km/h Sept. 10 in southern Alberta when Kevin Serfas got a phone call from one of his custom combining crews. The crew chief had shut down operations at 12:30 that day over fears the machines might start a fire that couldn’t be stopped. Serfas, who farms 40,000 acres on […] Read more
