Salina Post

SALINA -Rural firefighters responded to a pair of fires on Saturday in Saline County.

The Sheriff’s office reported just after 10:30 a.m. a lawn tractor owned by Jeffery Stover caught fire in the 1100 hundred block of Hidden Springs Road.

He tried to put the fire out with a coat before calling for assistance.

Loss of the mower is placed at $6,000 according to officials.

At 4 p.m. fire crews were sent to the 1600 block of North Brownhill Road near Brookville.

A trailer with 10 bales of hay caught fire.

Authorities said damage to the trailer was $4,500. There were no injuries.

The value of the hay was not reported.