The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire that burned about 40 acres on Route A at 363 Northwest 50th Street on Wednesday. Fire Chief Kenny Roberts reports Scott Willis started burning some grass, and the fire got away from him and spread to land owned by Teresa Oyler. Roberts says […]
Chillicothe firefighters responded to a pair of unrelated grass fires on Saturday. Chillicothe Captain Derrick Allen said the Hale Fire Department requested mutual aid to assist in extinguishing a grass fire in the southeast part of the county. Approximately 30 acres of a field were burned. The Chillicothe Fire Department also responded to an address […]
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox reports an investigation regarding a grass fire in late May lead to the sheriff’s office seeking criminal charges against a Dawn resident Monday. Cox says the sheriff’s office and Dawn Fire Department responded to a call of a large grass fire along LIV 431 south of Route C May 25 […]
Several fire departments responded to a fire near Bethany on Monday that burned several structures. Bethany Fire Chief Jacob Denum reports departments from Bethany, Pattonsburg, New Hampton, and Gilman City responded to the fire south of Bethany on Route AA. He says the fire burned two outbuildings and a barn as well as farm equipment, […]
The Galt Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire Wednesday afternoon. Terry Wynne with the fire department reports a bearing went out on a hay baler and caught the grass on fire a few miles east of Humphreys causing approximately 10 acres of grass and several bales of hay to burn. The fire department […]
The Chula Rural Fire District received mutual aid for a grass fire Monday afternoon. Chula Assistant Fire Chief Randy Horton reports Chula responded to the fire with two brush trucks, and Chillicothe provided one tanker. He says seven personnel were on the scene of the fire at 10493 LIV 261 that burned about sixty acres. […]
Chillicothe firefighters Saturday evening extinguished a small grass fire along Highway 65 south of Chillicothe. Fire Chief Darrell Wright said smoke from the blaze was causing traffic issues when the fire had spread onto the highway right of way from unattended brush piles being burned by a landowner. Firefighters briefly were on the scene just […]
Chillicothe firefighters were on the scene of a grass fire Saturday morning in southern Livingston County using approximately 125 gallons of water at 15056 Road 3048. Assistant Chief Eric Reeter said about five acres were on fire when firefighters arrived at the Tom Reger residence. Reeter noted Reger was burning off the area when the […]
A grass fire Saturday burned about 15 acres on Highway 146 near Crowder State Park. Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District firefighters were on the scene about 40 minutes. The fire was described as a controlled burn that got out of control.
The Chillicothe Fire Department provided mutual aid for the Utica Fire Protection District for a grass fire in Livingston County Thursday evening. Derrick Allen with the Chillicothe Fire Department reports the fire at 12081 LIV 418 burned about 40 acres of grass. He says no structures received damage from the fire. Crews were on the […]
A grass fire Saturday burned 100 acres off Highway 190 west of the Thompson River Bridge near Chillicothe. Chillicothe Fire Chief Darrell Wright explained, according to a dispatch, there was a pickup truck pulling a trailer carrying hay bales and one of those bales was on fire. Wright said the grass fire started when the […]
Chillicothe firefighters yesterday afternoon responded to a grass fire in an open field at 14092 LIV Road number 251. Upon arrival, approximately five acres of grass was burning and it was noted the owners of Koehler Home Sales, as well as neighbors, were using rakes to try and put out the fire but the wind […]
