Cortez Journal

Burning bales

Sept. 23, 2000

AN UNIDENTIFIED Cortez police officer watches as firefighters battle a hay-bale fire in the 7500 block of Highway 666 on Wednesday afternoon. The Cortez, Dolores and Lewis-Arriola fire departments responded to the scene. According to reports, the blaze scorched roughly 7,500 bales of hay before it was extinguished after a nine-hour fight. The cause of the fire is still unknown; however, spontaneous combustion has not been ruled out.

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