Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle fire Tuesday afternoon southeast of Salina.

Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that deputies and Rural Fire District No. 2 personnel responded to 2440 East Water Well Road shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a pickup on fire.

A Land Institute employee had driven the 1999 Ford F150 pickup with a water tank on the back into a field to tend to some goats, Soldan explained. The pickup caught the grass on fire and the grass, in turn, caught the pickup on fire, he said. 

Neither the employee nor the goats were injured in the fire, Soldan said. Damage to the pickup was estimated at $3,500, he said.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/7/1595434701874.jpeg" alt="The Land Institute pickup and grass burn Tuesday afternoon. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office" />
 <figcaption>The Land Institute pickup and grass burn Tuesday afternoon. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office</figcaption>
 </figure>Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle fire Tuesday afternoon southeast of Salina.Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that deputies and Rural Fire District No. 2 personnel responded to 2440 East Water Well Road shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a pickup on fire.A Land Institute employee had driven the 1999 Ford F150 pickup with a water tank on the back into a field to tend to some goats, Soldan explained. The pickup caught the grass on fire and the grass, in turn, caught the pickup on fire, he said. Neither the employee nor the goats were injured in the fire, Soldan said. Damage to the pickup was estimated at $3,500, he said.

Water truck catches grass on fire, burns as well