Geary County rural firefighters responded to a fire near the 3500 block of K-157 highway approximately 12 miles southwest of Junction City early Sunday afternoon. According to Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges more than 80 large hay bales were destroyed.&nbsp; There were no injuries.Berged noted the blaze occurred as a couple of large bales were being loaded onto a truck. "And the hot exhaust or something on the truck caught some dry straw on fire, which caused the hay bales to then catch on fire.&nbsp;&nbsp;The bales were owned by Phil Janke. The damage was estimated at about $4,000.( Photos courtesy of Garry Berges )<figure>
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Firefighters respond to large hay bale fire