Loader Catches Fire In Willow Springs Area

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Tuesday afternoon, May 13 around 5 p.m. the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a loader on fire on property off FM 954 north of Wunderlich Rd. in the Willow Springs area.

The Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department was notified and responded along with Deputy Wesley Arrison. Upon arrival a Case loader was fully engulfed with fire. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished with no reported Injuries. The operator believed the cause of the fire was from an electrical short.