Fire destroys cotton picker

  • A SNOOK FIREFIGHTER battles the blaze.
    A SNOOK FIREFIGHTER battles the blaze.
  • FIREFIGHTERS spray water on the fire.
    FIREFIGHTERS spray water on the fire.
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,…

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