Hays Fire Department

At 4:14 PM on Wednesday, May 11, the City of Hays Fire Department, assisted by the Hays Police Department, Ellis County Sheriffs’ Office and Ellis County EMS, was dispatched to a vehicle fire threatening the building at Peerless Tires, 2000 Vine Street.

The first arriving firefighters found the engine compartment of a RV on fire. Firefighters used one hose line to bring the fire under control. One person was checked by Ellis County EMS paramedics but was not injured. Due to the extensive fire damage, the most probable cause of the fire was not determined.

Four fire trucks and sixteen firefighters responded. The last firefighters left the scene at 4:59 PM.

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At around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday Hays Fire and Police Departments, with Ellis County Sherrif’s Officers, responded to an RV on fire in the parking lot of Peerless Tires, 2000 Vine St.

As responders worked to extinguish the fire northbound traffic on Vine was being slowed in the area.

The fire was quickly extinguished with reports of damage limited to the front of the vehicle.

The cause of the fire remains unknown as of 5:00 p.m.

Check Hays Post for details as they become available.