A cotton picker was destroyed by fire on Friday, Oct. 9, after a collision with a power line on County Road 260, but the operator was able to get off safely with no injury.
The fire erupted at about 4 p.m. when the operator, who was headed to a nearby cotton field, was driving westbound on County Road 260 off F.M. 50, and the machine collided with an overhead BTU power line, said Jon Collins,…