Area first responders were at the scene of a Friday night fire off 41st Street and Country Lane just before 9 p.m.
According to Hays Fire Department Chief Gary Brown, fire crews were called out at 8:53 p.m. to a report of a treeline on fire.
Firefighters on the scene said fireworks were most likely the cause of the fire.
Approximately 40 feet of treeline burned before the fire was extinguished.
Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available.
UPDATE:
According to a press release from Hays Fire Department Chief Gary Brown, at 8:49 PM on July 4, 2014, the City of Hays Fire Department, supported by the Hays Police Department, was dispatched to a report of a tree on fire in the 300 block of West 40th Street.
Two fire trucks with five firefighters responded.
First arriving police officers reported a large fire threatening to spread to a building.
On this report, the HFD officer-in-charge called for a third fire truck with two additional firefighters and an Ellis County EMS ambulance to respond from the fireworks safety detail at Fort Hays State University.
On arrival, firefighters found about 40 feet of a tree row on fire behind 4004 Country Lane.
Two hose streams were quickly placed at work to control the fire. Firefighters shut of the supply to a gas meter that was damaged by the fire.
The most probable cause of the fire was fireworks.
The last fire crews left the scene at 9:59 PM.