Update The road near Highway 50 in Reno County is open again today following Saturday’s grass fire. A camper traveling down the highway sparked numerous fires. The highway between Partridge and Abbyville was temporarily closed.  Some homes were threatened. The camper and the truck pulling it were seriously damaged. No one was injured.

 

Multiple grass fires have closed a road near the south-central Kansas town of Partridge in Reno County.

The fires were burning Saturday between Partridge and Abbyville.

Reports that some of the fires have threatened homes, but no structures have burned. No one is injured.

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