As a reminder of our region's continuing rural nature, the Register-Star has a story today about how firefighters from three agencies worked to drown a silo fire on County Route 10 in Taghkanic with thousands of gallons of water Thursday morning, which was apparently caused by spontaneous combustion. It turns out silage can be spontaneously ignited when the bacteria responsible for fermentation produces too much heat and there is a low moisture level in the silage... as happens in extreme cold. Although there was no damage to the silo, local firefighters are on the lookout for flare-ups over the coming months... turns out this was at least the third time this particular silo has caught on fire this year.