Hays Post

The Ellis County Rural Fire Department responded to a grass fire Wednesday near the 1600 block of Buckeye.

According to Ellis County Rural Fire Department Director Dick Klaus, company five of the rural fire department responded to the fire north of Hays around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was reportedly caused due to embers that were released from a trash fire in a controlled burn.

Approximately 2 acres of grass were burned and 26 evergreens were damaged in the incident. It took the fire department less than an hour to control the fire.