By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Ellis County fire crews spent almost eight hours Saturday fighting a blaze in northwest Ellis County.

According to Ellis County Director of Fire and Emergency Management Darin Myers, crews were called to North County Line Road and 100th Avenue for a fire burning in a heavily wooded area Saturday.

Myers said the fire was burning into the undergrowth and up some trees about 40-feet so had to cut down several trees to help extinguish those fires.

The original cause of the fire is undetermined but Myers said it was most likely caused by a faulty power line.

Fire crews responded from Ellis, Hays, Munjor and Catharine, and were on scene for about 8 hours.

Ellis County Public Works was also called to assist in bringing water to the scene.