Firefighters extinguish hay bale fire east of Heltonville

HELTONVILLE – Firefighters responded to 10237 State Road 58 after a report of hay bales on fire shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27. Approximately 20-30 hay bales were burning.

Firefighters from the Pleasant Run Volunteer Fire Department and Shawswick Volunteer Fire Department used approximately 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of water to put out the blaze according to Pleasant Run Fire Chief Chad Hillenburg.

It took firefighters almost four hours to get the fire under control.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.