A fire that started in a stack of hay bales in Hildale Friday evening is one of a series of recent fires that appeared to be suspicious in nature, leaving police and emergency responders to believe the fires were not an accident. Shortly after 8 p.m., a fire was reported near a large shed in the 100 block of Oak Street in Hildale. Once on scene, responders found an active blaze burning through a large stack of baled hay, Hildale/Colorado City Fire Chief Kevin Barlow said. The fire spread to the roof of a shed containing several dozen large bales, Barlow said, and once the flames spread over the top of the structure, it quickly became fully involved.