Fire destroys shed on Hedville property, other buildings spared

Rural Fire Districts Three and Seven firefighters stamp out the last few embers after subduing the flames that engulfed and destroyed a shed on Monday, June 17, at 1500 North Hedville Road in Hedville. <b>Image courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office</b> — Rural Fire Districts Three and Seven firefighters stamp out the last few embers after subduing the flames that engulfed and destroyed a shed on Monday, June 17, at 1500 North Hedville Road in Hedville. **Image courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office**

By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Lead Reporter - Salina Post

A Hedville resident called for help on Monday, June 17, after returning to his property to find his shed engulfed in fire.

Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said the resident called for help at about 1:36 p.m., with Rural Fire Districts (RFD) Three and Seven arriving at the property at 1500 North Hedville Road shortly after.

"The owner said that last Thursday, June 13, he had a brush pile burned, and he's guessing between the wind and the heat, it must have rekindled and spread to the shed, which caused about $10,000 worth of damage," Soldan said.

Smoke and a few dots of fire still smolder after Rural Fire Districts Three and Seven firefighters subdued the flames that engulfed the shed on Monday, June 17, at 1500 North Hedville Road in Hedville. <b>Image courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office</b> — Smoke and a few dots of fire still smolder after Rural Fire Districts Three and Seven firefighters subdued the flames that engulfed the shed on Monday, June 17, at 1500 North Hedville Road in Hedville. **Image courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office**

The shed was completely destroyed, but Soldan said the property owner reported that he had nothing stored in the structure.

RFD Three and Seven firefighters subdued and contained the fire to only the shed, sparing the rest of the buildings and surrounding area from flames.