Mar 17, 2025

Reno County fire districts respond to several grass fires on Friday

Posted Mar 17, 2025 10:24 AM
Photo courtesy Reno County Emergency Management
Photo courtesy Reno County Emergency Management

Reno County fire districts were busy on Friday. 

According to Travis Vogt, the county Fire Administrator, between 10:40 a.m. and 1:41 p.m. county units were dispatched to four separate grassland fires. 

At 10:41 a.m. Pretty Prairie fire was dispatched to K-14 and Northeast 20th street in Kingman County for a grass fire. Approximately 80 to 100 acres were burned along with several hay bales.  Crew requested mutual aid from Cheney and Kingman fire departments. A Reno County task force also responded. 

Photo courtesy Reno County Emergency Management
Photo courtesy Reno County Emergency Management

A few minutes later at 10:45 a.m. Pretty Prairie Fire was notified of a second fire along K-14, this time at Pleasant Valley Road.  Due to their resources being used in Kingman County, Reno County Fire District 4, 8 and 9 were dispatched to that scene.  Approximately 20 acres of pasture burned. 

At 12:45 p.m. units from Buhler and Hutchinson Fire along with Reno County Fire District 9 responded to the area of Buhler Road and 30th Avenue for a grass fire.  Units arrived quickly and contained the fire before it had a chance to expand. 

Then at 1:41 p.m. Reno County Fire District 3 and 4 plus Hutchinson Fire Department responded to the area of South Fairview Road and Clark Road for a brush fire.  Crews arrived to find an acre of pasture burning.