Putting out the blaze

Fire consumed the entire front end of a grain truck on Union Flat Creek Road last Thursday morning. The cab, engine and front wheels of the truck, owned by David Gilchrist, were melted and burned away.

The fire spread from the truck to a field owned by Roger Miller. A small strip of stubble burned and was extinguished.

Crews from rural Fire Districts 11 and 13 responded.

The truck was carrying wheat to the Gilchrist farm grain bins on Union Flat. None of the grain in the back tank was burned. The fire also did not get to the fuel tank of the diesel truck....