It may be next week at the earliest before new information is released regarding a major grass fire that destroyed two abandoned homes and burned thousands of acres Thursday.
Chase County Fire Chief Steve Fillmore says damage assessments are still ongoing as is an investigation into the cause of the fire that began in southeast Marion County and crossed into Chase County shortly after 2 pm Wednesday.
The fire pushed to the northeast towards Cedar Point, a town of less than 30 people, and at one point the National Weather Service issued a fire warning telling residents south of the town to evacuate and residents in the town to be prepared to leave. Chase County Sheriff Richard Dorneker says it’s unclear if anybody left.
More than 7,000 acres of grassland were burned by the fire.
Firefighters from Chase and Marion counties battled the fire, eventually turning it to the east near Little Cedar Creek with the help of a tanker airplane from Hutchinson.
No injuries to people were reported.
