Just before 2 p.m., Selma Township Fire Department responded to a combine fire that quickly turned into a field fire.
At 1:47 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, Selma Township Fire Department arrived on scene to a combine fire on South 25 Road about a mile south of 36 Road, according to the Selma Fire Chief Anthony Fleischfresser. Once the combine had become engulfed, the dry wheat and wind caused the fire to spread between 8 to 10 acres and into the tree line at the back of the field, said Fleischfresser.
Hitting the pine trees, however, helped slow the fire down and allowed the departments to control the fire.