Com: A US farmer risks his life to stop a wildfire that broke out in a hayfield in Weld County, Colorado.

Eric Howard uses his tractor and a set of discs to plough up a firebreak just a few feet from the scorching blaze.

After a thunderstorm brought lightning to a rural area near Brighton, Colorado the fire broke out and quickly consumed 30 acres of an 80 acre field.

I remember back when this happened. They said on the news that he got so close the heat blistered the paint on the tractor. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to. Spelling error fixed. I really messed that one up.

I completely understand that that field is his livelihood and he's trying to protect as much as he can but damn move that fire line over a bit that tractor must have been toasty