Geary County rural firefighters were on the scene of a grass fire for about four hours Tuesday northwest of Junction City near K-244 Highway south of Milford Lake.

Assistant Geary County Rural Fire Chief Curt Janke estimated 50 to 60 acres burned, with seven fire trucks, three trucks each from Dickinson County’s Fragrant Hill Township and Sherman Hill Township.

Janke said the site of the blaze was between Gfeller Road and Crider Road.  “The landowner to the east of Gfeller Road had a controlled burn going, and the wind blowing out of the east pushed it across Gfeller Road onto Corps property, and from there it burned onto some other privately owned land.”

Janke said the wind wasn’t blowing that hard. “The biggest factor was it’s just so dry out there. One little ember gets across the road like that…it’s gone, just that quick.”

There were no injuries reported.  Janke noted KDOT would have to replace some posts in their guardrail on K-244 Highway, because the fire burned right up to the highway.

Burning had been allowed on Tuesday in Geary County, but  shortly after that fire began no more was allowed in the county for the day.