SALINE COUNTY—Rural fire crews responded to a combine fire just after 12:30p.m. Friday in Saline County.
According to Saline County Undersheriff Brend Melander, the driver on a 2010 Gleaner S78 was cutting soybeans when the combine lost power. Driver noticed what he thought was a hydraulic hose smoking at the rear of the combine.
The driver exited the combine and attempted to put the flames out with a fire extinguisher but was not successful.
Saline County Rural Fire District 5 arrived to find the combine totally engulfed. Total loss will be around $152,500 per the owner.