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LIghtning-caused hay fire in Maricopa
Received from Maricopa Fire Department

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Maricopa, AZ -- July 21, 2010 -- At approximately 10:00 A.M., Maricopa Fire Department crews responded to a report of a debris fire one mile southwest of the 38000 block of W. Cowtown Road.

As crews arrived on scene they found a large pile of hay approximately 50 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 20 feet high, heavily involved in flame with no other immediate exposures.

Fire crews worked with the employees on the property to break up the pile using bulldozers and other heavy equipment. The fire was quickly contained.

The fire was the result of a witnessed lighting strike from a morning storm.