Trailer filled with Hay catches Fire in Tiger

On June 2, 2020, deputies of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle on fire at Rocky Grove Baptist Church on Bridgecreek Road in Tiger.  Upon arrival, deputies saw the fire department extinguishing the fire that started on a truck trailer loaded with hay bales.  The truck’s driver told deputies that the fender of the trailer was rubbing the tire causing 11 hay bales to catch on fire.  He was able to pull into the bottom of the church parking lot and unhook his truck from the trailer before any damage was done to the truck.  The hay bales were extinguished and removed from the trailer.  However, the trailer was damaged by the fire.