FIRE!

We were on our way home on Rosenoff Road (we'd been in Wenatchee today) this evening when we saw smoke billowing up on the horizon. It didn't quite look like a field was on fire or that it was moving, but it was close to the Stahl Hutterite Colony. We were afraid at first it might be one of their buildings...

When we got closer, we could see that it was bales of hay on fire --

A couple of the young Hutterite fellows said that it was oat hay that must have heated up too much and spontaneously burst into flame --

They'll keep a crew out here all night keeping water on it and making sure it doesn't spread. As it cools down, they'll try to use a bulldozer to knock it apart more.

Fires are always a fear and a danger, but especially so at harvest time.