RILEY COUNTY – Sunday was a busy day for fire crews after almost 300 acres burned in Riley County.

The Riley County Fire Department responded to a report of illegal burning on Adams Street in Fairmont park, a 70 acre fire North of Randolph on Roybler Road, a 30 acre grass fire in the 10000 block of Anderson Avenue and a telephone pole on fire on Barton Road near Leonardville,
According to Pat Collins, Riley County Emergency Management Director,

At one point, the Riley County Police Department responded to the fire on Anderson Avenue to shut down traffic due to smoke blowing over the roadway.

There was also a rekindling of a suspicious fire on Fancy Creek Road that burned around 80 acres, and a 100-acre fire that burned a barn on West 60th Avenue, according to Collins.

No injuries were reported. Cause of the fires have not been released.