The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warns that the risk of fire is high due to dry conditions. Firefighters worked to put out a grass fire in Kenosha Tuesday, June 15.
"We haven’t had any rain in the past four weeks," said Guy Santelli, Kenosha Fire Department. The Kenosha Fire Department is gearing up for what could be a busy couple of weeks.
"We’re making sure that our guys stay hydrated, making sure that they stay out of the sun," said Santelli.
Grass primed to spread fire did exactly that Tuesday in Kenosha.
"That was a small one," said Santelli. "They have it under control already, but that is an open field area that could have got out of control extremely fast."
Fire officials do not know how the fire started, but it spread quickly on the dry, yellow grass, coming only yards away from a We Energies substation. Crews came to make sure there was no damage done, and fortunately, there was not.