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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Why haystacks spontaneously combust being investigated by scientists - You Need To See This

Scientists burn haystack on purpose, to gather data on how and why they burn, and where to place sensors (ABC Riverina: Victor Petrovic)

Pushing a crowbar into a hay bale to test its temperature could soon be replaced with a more effective method of determining whether or not fodder is at risk of spontaneous combustion.

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