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Grass Fire Keeps County Firefighters Busy

Joe Denoyer - November 13, 2019 7:54 pm

At 4:04pm on Wednesday November 13th, the Seward County Fire Department responded to a reported vegatation fire at Road P and Highway 54 north east of Liberal.

Units arrived on scene to find 6 acres burning in short grasses.

The fire was extinguished in approximately 1 hour. Seward County Fire responded with 3 Attack Trucks, 2 fire engines, 2 water tenders, 2 Chief Officers and 10 Firefighters.

No injuries were reported and no structures were threatened. The cause of the fire was accidental due to a equipment malfunction.

 

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