It’s so hot in New York that manure is bursting into flames
Posted July 28, 2016 9:27 am.
Last Updated July 28, 2016 10:40 am.
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THROOP, N.Y. – How hot is it in upstate New York? So hot that horse manure is bursting into flames.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it received multiple complaints July 5 about the smell and smoke emanating from a burning pile of horse manure at a property in the town of Throop, in the Finger Lakes region 20 miles west of Syracuse.
The responding officer learned that the owners of a horse stable had been storing the manure in large piles that frequently spontaneously combusted in the excessive heat and dry conditions.
DEC officials say a shift in the prevailing winds carried the odour of burning manure into the neighbours’ windows.
It took three local fire departments two hours to douse the burning manure.