UPDATE: MFRD Fire Marshal's Office Charges Juvenile in Connection with Hay Bale Fires

Apr 02, 2014 at 11:51 am by bryan


Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department’s Fire Marshal’s Office took out a petition Wednesday morning charging a juvenile with setting fire to personal property or land in connection with Tuesday afternoon’s hay bale fires on a farm near the VA golf course.

The juvenile has turned himself in and a detention hearing has not been set.

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On Tuesday, approximately 75-100 bales of hay on a farm located across from the VA golf course on Lebanon Pike were on fire. MFRD crews battled the blaze for hours. The owner of the farm used a tractor to move and separate the bales, as crews extinguished hotspots.

UPDATE ON FIRE

The fire’s point of origin was in the city limits; however, the fire scene extended into the county. MFRD was dispatched to the farm again Wednesday morning and arrived on scene at the same time as the Walter Hill Fire Department. The bales are still smoldering at this time and putting off a large amount of smoke.

The Walter Hill Fire Department has command of the incident. According to Rutherford County Fire and Rescue Chief Larry Farley a brush truck equipped with foam is en route to the scene. “The intent is to use the foam to try to smother any remaining fire and smoke to keep it from bothering the residents in the area,” said Farley.

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