Five departments fight Monday night fire

Lightning is being blamed for a Monday night fire in northwest Chase County that required the help of five fire departments.
Imperial Fire Chief Doug Mitchell said 22 fire trucks and other units were on the scene battling the grass fire that burned 90-100 acres, about three-quarters of a mile south of the Chase/Perkins line between Roads 324 and 322.
The fire burned grass on  Salsman Farms ground.
The call was initially paged to the Grant Volunteer Fire Department, Mitchell said, which, along with departments from Madrid and Venango, were first on the scene.
In addition to Imperial’s eight trucks and 22 firefighters, Grant and Madrid each sent four trucks to the scene, while Madrid and Venango sent three units each.