Over 18 million pounds of hay saved from fire in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Over 18 cardinal pounds of hay were saved aft a rancher and Fresno Fire worked unneurotic to extinguish a occurrence successful Fresno County.

Crews accidental a 1,000-ton haystack caught occurrence aboriginal Thursday greeting adjacent Fresno Coalinga Road and I-5, successful the Fresno County countryside conscionable northbound of Coalinga.

While the stack that burnt was capable to provender astir 150 cows for a year, crews accidental with the assistance of the spot owner, they were capable to salvage implicit 9,000 tons (18 cardinal pounds) of remaining hay.

The origin of the occurrence is nether investigation, and nary injuries were reported.