Geary County Rural Fire
-Since Friday, Geary County Rural Fire Department responded to 7 runs. It included:Friday- 5:00pm- Humboldt Creek Road East - 60 acres burned from a controlled burn of 1 acre. Mutual Aid partners Alta Vista Rural, Dwight Fire, and White City responded and assisted. Units cleared the scene around 8:30pm.
-Saturday- Training from 9:00am till about 12:00pm. During this, units were dispatched to the area of Skiddy Road and Red Road. Several burning hay bales that that the personnel assisted the owner with extinguishing. This was from a previous burn
- K-244 Hwy- grass fire threatening a structure and heading north from the property. NO burn permit was issued for this fire. Units dealt with containers of old tires on fire, large trees on fire, and numerous pieces of refuge and abandoned items scattered in the tall grass making maneuvering very tough. Units left the scene at 00:15 hrs and then spent about another 1/2 hr putting the trucks back in service for the next call.
- 6:35 am I-70 mile post 313 for several spot fires. Trucks responded and applied water to the smoldering grass piles. Units cleared the scene at 8:00 am.9:15 am - Unit returned back to K-244 to extinguish some smoldering areas. They remained on scene until about 10:45 am.