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Firefighters get hoses in place to protect property
as a barn is allowed to burn on the John McKinney farm southwest
of Weyburn on Wednesday morning, as extremely high winds blow
through the area. A farm neighbour has a large tanker of water,
at right, which was used to help control the spread of the fire,
along with water from a dugout on the farm located 6.5 km west
of the livestock exchange. Some sheds and two barns were destroyed
in the fire, which spread from a smoldering pile of baler twine
burned a few days before when unusually strong winds arose on
Wednesday. No one was injured in the fire, but a bull was killed.
Wind speeds reached in excess of 60 km an hour, and produced
wind warnings on both Wednesday and Thursday in the area. |
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