Douglas County commissioners declared a state of local disaster emergency for the county because of two large grass fires that were under control as of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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An investigation has found that a roughly 200-acre grass fire on Friday was an accident caused by an old, unattended campfire, according to Douglas County.
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No one was injured and no structures were lost despite long battles with several grass fires in rural Douglas County, including one 200-acre fire east of Stull, Friday into Saturday morning.
People have been displaced from six apartments as the result of a structure fire in the 1800 block of West 26th Street.
Two occupants and pets that were in a North Lawrence house fire Friday afternoon are safe and a firefighter suffered a “minor injury,” according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
No residents or firefighters were injured, but a home is significantly damaged after an overnight fire in the Pinkney neighborhood in Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Two families have been displaced from their homes following a fire in the Prairie Park neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Residents of two apartments near KU’s campus have been displaced after an overnight fire.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical first responders worked to put out a fire at Brandon Woods at Alvamar Monday afternoon.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Investigators are looking into the cause of a small fire Saturday morning at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence.
