Tag: fire
Record dryness raises fire risk for Ohio farmers during harvest
Record-breaking dryness is fueling a surge in Ohio farm fires during harvest. A Lucas County farm hit twice this fall highlights the need for prevention.
Using fire as a management tool
Learn the difference between wildfires and prescribed fires, how drought fuels risk in Ohio and how controlled burns can benefit forests and pastures.
Smoldering silo at Portage County farm demolished
Two men and a sledgehammer. That’s all it took to take down the Kotkowskis’ 80-foot concrete silo.
Silo fire may burn for months following barn fire at Portage...
Nine days after a fire engulfed Blair and Karen Kotkowski's main barn, one of their silos caught fire and is expected to burn for months.
Fire damages milking parlor at Ashtabula County dairy
The Comp family relocated more than 1,000 dairy cows in less than 24 hours after a after a fire destroyed the farm’s milking parlor on Sept. 22.
Brunton Dairy loses barn and milk bottling plant in fire
The Brunton family is still processing the loss, but the community has rallied around the beloved Beaver County dairy farm.
Pavilion razed by fire at Rogers Sale
A fire took out a building and all the hay in it at Rogers Community Auction & Flea Market.
Wayne County man loses beef cattle in barn fire
Barn fire claims four beef cattle, and another four escape.
Fires common in the Old West prairies
The fires that have been plaguing the west are not a new phenomenon — fires were a scourge to the settlers in the prairies of the Old West.
Fire destroys Portage County barn
The granddaughter of a Portage County farm family is trying to raise funds in the wake of a major barn fire.
