By Dewey Terrill
UPDATE:
Authorities continued Saturday to gather information related to the big grass wildfire that occurred on Friday in Geary County. According to Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges they were still interviewing people. He expects to release more information on the fire on Monday.
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Fire ripped across hundreds of acres of grassland in Geary County on Friday. Authorities responded to the fire that was first reported about 2:30 p.m. and was not brought under control for several hours.
"We worked together," was a comment by Geary County Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges after numerous agencies responded to the scene near West Skiddy Road approximately eight miles south-southwest of Junction City. One cow was lost but there were no injuries to people. Numerous large hay bales burned.
Precautionary measures were taken to protect property.
Along with Geary County rural firefighters other agencies that sent firefighters to help included Junction City, Grandview Plaza, the Kansas Forest Service, Riley County, Herington, White City, Hutchinson, Fort Riley and Dickinson County.
There were about 30 people at any one time working on putting out the blaze. The cause of the fire, which occurred on a windy day, has not yet been determined.
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Mutual aid is being provided by multiple agencies as a massive grass wildfire continues that started about eight miles south of Junction City. Protective measures have been taken to safeguard homes.
Participating agencies range from Junction City and Fort Riley to Riley County and the Kansas Forest Service plus others.
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Rural firefighters were working Friday afternoon to respond to a major grass wildfire in southeast Geary County. The number of acres burned have not yet been determined.
The location of the blaze is about 7.9 miles south of Junction City near Skiddy Road and U.S. 77 Highway.
Mutual aid assistance has been brought in to help Geary County firefighters.