Thousands of acres of grassland burned in Geary County this spring.

The burning occurs on an annual basis.

Geary County Commissioner Florence Whitebread reported on an update presented to the governing body on Monday by the Rural Fire Department. “They figured that we had a total of 48,500 acres included in our grass burns this year.”

Whitebread noted there were approximately 121 fire truck runs.  One of the fires covered approximately 6,000 acres.