Thousands of bales destroyed in St Arnaud hay shed fire
AprApril 2021 at 6:52am
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Nearly 5,000 bales of hay have been destroyed and a production shed plant narrowly escaped serious damage in a fire in western Victoria.
Key points:
Production is halted but company says contracts will be honoured
The cause of the fire is still under investigation
The blaze started at the Gilmac processing facility in St Arnaud on Sunday.
Mark Heaslip, the company s operations manager for eastern Australia, said the shed would be demolished and rebuilt.
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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.
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