The temperature of these hay bales, stacks, and barns can get very hot. In extreme cases, it can get so hot that the bales can catch on fire, even without a spark (i.e., spontaneous combustion).

Firefighters have rushed to contain a large hay bale fire that broke out in the Meander Valley this evening. The TFS say around 200 to 300 hay bales caught fire at a barn on Harwood Road in Dairy ...

Even hay baled between 15%-20% moisture will experience what is known as “sweating.” Sweating, in regard to hay bales, refers to microbial respiration, which will create heat and result in dry matter ...

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Sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h increasing to 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s. Sunny. Winds east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h ...