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A fire late Friday night near Pleasant View destroyed a hay shed and caused $93,000 of damage, according to a report from Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s deputy Jared Farnsworth.<\/p>\n
Emergency personnel responded to the fire at the 21000 block of County Road 18 just before 11 p.m. on Friday, the report states.<\/p>\n
A 90-by-60-foot hay shed was engulfed in flames when Farnsworth arrived on scene, and the structure was \u201cdistorting, warping, and changing color on all sides,\u201d he said in the report.<\/p>\n
There were no people or livestock animals in the structure, the report states.<\/p>\n
Pleasant View Fire Chief Jeff Yoder said Monday the fire\u2019s cause has not been determined. About 16 firefighters were on scene from the Pleasant View department, as well as a few from the Lewis-Arriola department, he said.<\/p>\n
Firefighters were on scene until 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, and the last person left the scene at 7 a.m., he said.<\/p>\n
This is the second structure fire in the area in the past week. A Jan. 31 fire destroyed a barn on County Road 22 near Lewis-Arriola.<\/p>\n
Yoder said hot farm equipment can be dangerous if left too close to hay.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy suggestion would be to park your equipment quite a ways away from the hay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to the destroyed barn, the property owner reported damage to farm equipment and 180 bales of hay for a total of about $93,000, according to Farnsworth\u2019s report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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