{"id":1313890,"date":"2019-08-22T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/equipment-sparks-hay-fire-on-a-gypsum-farm\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T03:16:00","slug":"equipment-sparks-hay-fire-on-a-gypsum-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/equipment-sparks-hay-fire-on-a-gypsum-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment sparks hay fire on a Gypsum farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Firefighters battle a hay pile fire at Walker Ranch in Gypsum on Thursday..<\/strong>
Pam Boyd\/pboyd@vaildaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

GYPSUM \u2014 Exhaust from a piece of farm equipment ignited a hay fire at the Walker Ranch in Gypsum late Thursday morning, sending up a pillar of smoke visible from Interstate 70 and spreading a smoky aroma through the lower Eagle Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis thing is going to smoke for a long time,\u201d said Gypsum Fire Chief Justin Kirkland on Thursday afternoon, \u201cand burning grass doesn\u2019t smell good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirkland said Gypsum crews were dispatched to the fire at 11:48 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201dLarry (Walker, the property owner) said it took off quickly. By the time he called 911, it was burning really fast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Crews from Gypsum Fire Protection District, Greater Eagle Fire Protection District, the town of Gypsum, the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Vail Dispatch responded to the fire.<\/p>\n

In addition to the hay pile, one open-sided shed was lost. Kirkland said the nature of the fire fuel meant it would take several hours to fully extinguish the blaze.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will probably be here well into the evening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While the fire was burning close to several buildings, crews were able to protect those structures even as high winds developed during the afternoon hours.<\/p>\n

However, those strong winds caused other issues in Gypsum Thursday when a tree was blown over, briefly blocking Valley Road between Cooley Mesa Road and Bradford Lane.<\/p>\n

Kirkland said the hay fire was clearly accidental.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was Larry\u2019s harvest for the year so it\u2019s pretty sad for him. It just wiped him out,\u201d Kirkland said.<\/p>\n

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