Hay burnt during grass fire

It burnt through about four hectares of grass, which included a number of round bales of hay that were in a paddock, Mr Bell said.

Firefighters from four CFA brigades fought the fire, containing it quickly.

A community information alert for Bailieston was put out by VicEmergency, warning that there was hay that had caught fire and that it would generate a lot of smoke, but there was no threat to the community.

At about 3.10pm, the CFA handed the further monitoring of any flares-ups from the fire back to the farmer.

It is not known how the fire started.