SK Farmer's Canola Bin Bursts Into Flames.

Dec 13, 2016

In more than 40 years in the farming business, Jim Shirley has never experienced anything like it. Last week, his canola bin went up in flames, destroying 1,600 bushels of the oilseed.

Shirley farms near Kelvington, Sask. A neighbour alerted him to a fire in one of his bins, about three kilometres away from his house.

When he got there, a young man was there and had already called the fire department after spotting the smoke and flames.

"The fan and the heater was burnt off the bin. There were flames shooting out the top of the vent," he said.

"The fire did start in the bottom of the cone someplace."

Fighting the fire

Once the firefighters arrived, Shirley worked with them to stop the fire and do as much damage control as possible.

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