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By 3:06 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, the Four County Fire had reached a burned area of approximately 96,000 acres (39,000 ha) and satellites had detected heat from the wildfire seven miles away near Russell, Kansas. [11] Due to the wildfires and strong winds, 24 out of the 105 counties in Kansas issued local disaster declarations.
Leoti was founded in 1885 [4] by a company of men from Garden City, Kansas. Two years later, in 1887, it was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West . The shoot-out was on February 27, 1887, when men—some [ who? ] say hired gunmen—from Leoti, went to the neighboring, rival town of Coronado and left ...
The Kansas fire marshal said a new law has derailed an update to the state fire code. Engholm was referring to House Bill 2648, which became law when the Republican-led House and Senate overrode ...
Fire risk danger for Friday is forecast from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Wichita and parts of south central and southeast Kansas with the highest danger in the afternoon, Pierce said.
The fight between Coronado and neighboring Leoti in western Kansas is considered the bloodiest occurrence of this phenomenon. Leoti hired lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson from Dodge City, Kansas to help win the fight. Another violent county seat war in Kansas resulted in the Hay Meadow Massacre in Stevens County.
Ty Voth, a 27-year-old, died fighting a house fire on Thursday. Hundreds honored him Saturday as his body was taken to the mortuary. Ornery, outdoorsman, top in class: Friends, coworkers remember ...
The 31-year-old responded to the detached garage fire at 9:06 p.m. on June 2. He is the only full-time person in the volunteer department. A fire truck with volunteers was a couple minutes behind him.
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico (5 P) ... (Leoti, Kansas) P. Pascagoula Central Fire Station No. 1 This page was ...