The eastbound lanes of Highway 1 between Ernfold and Chaplin were closed for a number of hours Friday afternoon due to a grass fire.

In an update from the RCMP Monday, they said that a baler and the field around it caught fire shortly after 3 pm. The Chaplin and Morse fire departments were both dispatched and were able to extinguish the fire with the help of local farmers.

No one was injured in the fire, and the baler was destroyed.