With 93% of Indiana in drought, firefighters and farmers are preparing for field fires

With 93% of Indiana in drought, firefighters and farmers are preparing for field fires

DECATUR COUNTY Fall means harvest, but with all the dry weather weve had recently, it can also mean elevated risk for field fires.Perhaps no one knows this better than John Hammersmith, who works as a Greensburg firefighter and helps on his familys farm.They spend all year, they spend a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears, Hammersmith said as he described of his family, Making sure the crops grow to feed America. To see that go up in a matt…