Mar 08, 2021

Controlled burn gets away from landowner; four RFDs respond

Posted Mar 08, 2021 4:22 PM
<b>Four rural fire districts responded to the fire that began as a controlled burn in the 3600 block of South Crest Lane. </b>Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
Four rural fire districts responded to the fire that began as a controlled burn in the 3600 block of South Crest Lane. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

A controlled burn got away from a Saline County land owner early Saturday afternoon and spread to adjacent property, forcing four rural fire districts to respond to the blaze.

Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that Jeffrey Benson, 52, was burning grass around his pond in the 3600 block of South Crest Lane when the fire got away from him shortly after noon Saturday.

The fire quickly spread north onto the property of Delbert Prophet, 75, where it burned/melted part of a fence. Prophet valued the damaged fence at $2,600, Soldan said.

<b>The fire spread to an adjacent property and melted part of a fence.</b>
The fire spread to an adjacent property and melted part of a fence.

The fire continued northward and past the 2700 block of South Burma Road before it was extinguished.

Rural Fire Districts 2, 3, 6, and 7 responded to the blaze, Soldan said.

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