Clearview Township firefighters have spent more than 24 hours on the scene of a suspicious and stubborn fire involving a large field of straw bales near Stayner.
The Township’s fire chief says the flames were first spotted Friday night along 3-4 Sideroad.
Crews spent all day Saturday picking apart the bales and extinguishing the flames, and remained on watch through Sunday morning.
The OPP is investigating.
Damage is estimated at around 5-10 thousand dollars.
Crews still on scene of a large straw bale fire on the 3/4 side road 8hrs after it started. Thank you to crews for your hard work and dedication
— Roree Payment (@CFES_FireChief) October 17, 2020
Rapid fuel reduction tactics underway pic.twitter.com/dbwJLqFo11
— Roree Payment (@CFES_FireChief) October 17, 2020
Crews still on scene of this fire, this malicious fire has tied up a lot of resources even after transitioning to rapid fuel reduction tactics. Once again, thank you to the ff’s who have spent a great deal of time extinguishing this fire. The less than ideal side of ff’ting pic.twitter.com/BA1iFpF53w
— Roree Payment (@CFES_FireChief) October 17, 2020