By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post
An investigator from the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office is en route to Hays this morning to investigate the cause of five separate fires outside of Hays on Thursday evening.
According to Ellis County Rural Fire Director Dick Klaus, the first call came in at 7:25 p.m. with report of a pile of trees on fire at the 1900 block of Toulon Road.
From then, Klaus said the calls started coming in “back-to-back.” Other fires were reported south of Yocemento with a camper on fire, the 1400 block of 280th with a report of horse trailer and hay bales ablaze, a shed on fire at Buffalo Hills Trailer Park on Richards Road, and a mobile home used for storage at 122 Burgandy Lane.
Hays Post will have more details as they become available.