By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Saline County Sheriff's Office deputies went to rural Saline County on Saturday about six miles south of Brookville for a 1974 International Harvester tractor on fire.
According to Saline County Capt. Jim Hughes, deputies reported to the 9100 block of South Sunnyside Road at about 2 p.m., Saturday, March 9, where Marquette firefighters had the blaze under control.
"We made contact with the vehicle owner, who said it was last driven on the seventh," Hughes said. "Unsure how the fire was started; however, it appeared that the fire originated in the cab of the tractor."
Hughes said deputies saw no evidence of a suspicious fire and that the blaze damaged no other property. Before fire crews arrived, the property owners moved other farm equipment away from the burning tractor.
The flames completely engulfed the tractor, leading it to a loss valued at $12,000.
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