Area firefighters have been dealing with small grass fires the past several days as drought conditions continue.
Allen-Admire and Americus firefighters were called to the 300 block of US Highway 56 west of Bushong for a small grass fire around 5:20 am. The fire was reported out around 6:30 am. Further details are currently pending.
Fire crews from Allen-Admire, Americus, Miller and Reading were called to Roads 350 and H-2 for a fire shortly after 5 pm Sunday. Early indications were a power line or pole were involved, but details have not been announced.
Just after midnight Saturday, Emporia Fire handled a small grass fire under the Kansas Highway 99 bridge at Soden’s Grove. Fire Capt. Willie Ward says some embers from a campfire spread from the fire site on a sandbar into some dried vegetation nearby. The fire was put out as a precaution so it wouldn’t have a chance to damage the bridge.
