Weather causes manure to catch fire

Friday, July 29, 2016

THROOP, N.Y. -- How hot is it in upstate New York? It's so hot, horse manure is bursting into flames. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said 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, 20 miles west of Syracuse. The responding officer learned the owners of a horse stable had been storing manure in large piles that spontaneously combusted in the excessive heat.

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