March 18, 2018 – Washington Co., WI – Richfield Fire Department was called to a home in Colgate on Sunday afternoon after a grass burn got out of control. Photo is courtesy Aerial Drone Photography. The home owner said they did a controlled burn last week and it went well. This week the fire jumped the fence. The area was around Scenic Road.
Nobody was injured.
There was also a grass fire 12:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon, March 18 on the east side of I41 at Hillside Road. That call came in just before 1 p.m. Slinger Fire Department was on scene. Hat tip Ruth Marks.
Slinger Fire Department reported it was also dispatched at 3:04 p.m. for a grass fire in the 3500 block of Cumberland Trail and there was another grass fire at 12:51 p.m. in the 4000 block of White Hawk Trail.
People we are in an endangered zone for Wildland fires. It’s dry out there. We have had no heavy wet snow to push the dead vegetation down. It is very dry any little bit of wind exasperate the fire r exasperate the fire into an uncontrolled situation. Be smart do not burn until it starts to Green up.