[AT] Fire danger

[dfolske at nccray.net]

Most people don't think of early spring as a fire season but here in North 
Dakota prairie fires are common this time of year. There was quite a bit 
information on the news today about the spring fire season and the high 
fire danger level with high winds today.  Sure enough, about 3 pm my 
pager went off. Our volunteer fire department responded with 4 trucks to 
a grass fire about 10 miles northeast of town. Someone was burning 
garbage and a burning cardboard box was carried into some old straw 
bales on the edge of a hay field. Fortunately no one was injured and 
there was no real damage. About 10 acres of dry grass was burned off.