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Large fire at hayshed and fodder processing plant
25 firefighting vehicles have turned out to a large fire at a hay shed and fodder processing plant near St Arnaud.
CFA was notified at 07:12 to reports of a shed fire in the area, with crews finding a shed of approximately 150mx50m with around 8000 large square bails well alight, with the fire spreading to a production shed of approximately 50mx50m.
State Duty Officer Peter Lucas said crews were fast to escalate request for assistance following the initial reports.
“Very early on, we asked for 20 tankers and FRV assisted with some specialist equipment on top of that from as far away as Bendigo,” said SDO Lucas.