Harvey County is under a burn ban until Sunday, and fire officials said it’s to try and help ease the stress firefighters are feeling. The Chief of Newton Fire and EMS Steve Roberson says, the department has seen three times as many fires this year compared to last. It is also seeing a recent increase in daily calls due to grass fires. “When we start dealing with increased fire loads due to grassland indexes going up…like yesterday, we were working on four different incidences, that’s on top of our regular 12 calls a day,” Roberson said.
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