Dry conditions due to the wind and lack of snow is to blame for a grass fire near Center Road near Carnot Saturday morning. Crews from the Southern Door Fire Department began arriving just after 11:20 a.m. to tend to the grass fire. The wind gave the blaze extra fuel, but thanks to help received from brush trucks from the Brussels-Union-Gardner and Nasewaupee Fire departments, they were able to stop the fire from reaching a nearby cedar swamp. Hot spots and hollow trees burning on the inside kept crews on scene until nearly 1:10 p.m. Embers that escaped a fire pit ring are believed to have started the fire that burned approximately five acres of land.
Picture courtesy of Southern Door Fire Department
