Stone in baler may have caused fire
By editor@age.co.nzWairarapa Times-Age·
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Save Featherston firefighters work to contain a paddock fire on No. 1 Line near Tauherenikau.
A stone flicking around in a baler is the likely cause of a hayfield fire on Thursday evening in South Wairarapa.
A Featherston fire crew were dispatched to No.1 Line near Tauherenikau shortly before 8pm to contain a spreading fire among the stubble.
Several hay bales were well alight by
the time the crew arrived.
It took about half an hour for firefighters to get the blaze under control.
Farmhands were dispersing and spreading the blazing bales with a front-end loader so they could be hosed down.