Fire engines drove across the field to reach the Linkwood incident near Moray Sports Centre and Linkwood Primary School with crews taking water from the nearby burn.
Fire crews hosed down the haybales at Linkwood Farm in Elgin, which were destroyed by the fire. Image: Pauline Murdoch
Several stacks of hay bales could be seen in the Linkwood Farm field in Elgin but none of the others were affected by the fire.
It is not known what caused the single stack to catch fire.
The fire service confirmed a fire engine was sent from both Buckie and Rothes to the incident shortly before 6.30pm.
Personnel left the scene at about 8.30pm last night.
A police spokeswoman said: “At around 8.20pm on Wednesday August 23, police received a report of hay bales on fire at a farm in the Linkwood Road area of Elgin.
“Inquiries into the circumstances are at an early stage.”
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Hay bales catch fire in dramatic blaze on Elgin farm
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