Fire at Hunter Power Plant Farm

On Wednesday the 26 of March, my firefighting skills were put to use . A couple of twin brothers who farm south of Castle Dale decided to burn the grass on their farm land. The wind was blowing at about 25 mph and there were gust of about 35-40 mph. It burned from about 10:00 until we were able to get the fire under control and put out. During the first part of the fire and until about 4:00 pm we were fighting small grass fires that would spread easily with the wind. Coals and sparks would blow from the center of hot spots that were previously thought to be under control, would burst out into flame and then the wind would whip it into a frenzy of flames and smoke. I smelled like a grass and leaf bar-b-Que smoke house. It took us about four hours to get it under control. We had two trucks from Ferron, Orangeville, Huntington along with two from Castle Dale. One Firefighter from Ferron went down and an ambulance was called to assist him. He was transported after some time to the a health facility and was later released being healthy.