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By Roger Harnack
Franklin Connection 

Haystack combusts at dairy

Fire crews, volunteers contain blaze

 

Last updated 6/29/2021 at 10:37am

Roger Harnack | Franklin Connection

A haystack burns Saturday night, June 26, at DeGroot Dairy south of Othello.

OTHELLO – A large haystack caught fire Friday night at DeGroot Dairy.

Area fire crews and local farmers responded quickly to contain the blaze at 755 Radar Hill, about seven miles south of the city.

Fire officials said it was the third haystack fire in as many days, noting its common for haystacks to combust on their own in high heat.

The fire is the second at the dairy in three years.

In 2019, a fire destroyed one of the buildings at the dairy.

Roger Harnack | Franklin Connection

Emergency vehicle respond to DeGroot Dairy south of Othello for a haystack fire.

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Roger Harnack, Publisher

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Roger Harnack is the co-owner/publisher of Free Press Publishing. Having grown up Benton City, Roger is an award-winning journalist, photographer, editor and publisher. He's one of only two editorial/commentary writers from Washington state to ever receive the international Golden Quill. Roger is dedicated to the preservation of local media, and the voice it retains for Eastern Washington.

 

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