Firefighters put out tractor fire near Idaho Falls
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IDAHO FALLS – A tractor is a complete loss after catching fire Sunday afternoon.
Kerry Hammon with the Idaho Falls Fire Department tells EastIdahoNews.com the fire occurred just before 3 p.m. The person who reported it said the tractor was 200 feet from a house on the 4000 block of East 145th North.
“The driver stated that he was driving the tractor when it experienced a mechanical issue and caught fire shortly thereafter,” Hammon says.
Firefighters extinguished the flames quickly and kept it from reaching the house or other buildings. No one was injured.



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