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The Southern Pines Fire Department responded to the scene of an active fire on a farm trailer loaded with hay bales in the vacant parking lot next to Pony Expresso around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The fire was extinguished after more than 45 minutes by the fire department. No injuries were reported, Southern Pines Chief Mike Cameron said. The only visible damage was to the trailer hauling the bales, and the back end of the white Chevy pickup truck that was pulling the trailer.
A farm trailer hauling hay bales caught fire around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday and the driver pulled the trailer into the vacant lot beside Pony Expresso on Old US 1 once he saw the smoke and flames. The driver, pictured left, is holding an empty pitcher of water trying to extinguish the flames.