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Drivers were being advised to avoid Interstate 435 on the south side of Kansas City due to traffic delays caused by thick smoke from a grass fire near Blue River Road.
Two days later, on December 17, the North Wichita Fire was fully contained, with a burned area of 7,572 acres (3,064 ha). The wildfire destroyed five structures and cost approximately $46,000 (2021 USD). Another but smaller wildfire, the Wichita County Fire, was contained a day later on December 18 with a burned area of 782 acres (316 ha).
K-68 is a 61.517-mile-long (99.002 km) east–west state highway in the U.S. State of Kansas. K-68's western terminus is at U.S. Route 75 (US-75) and K-31 south of Lyndon and the eastern terminus is a continuation as Missouri Route 2 at the Missouri state line.
The winds caused the fire to grow rapidly and spread to Kansas. [3] More than one hundred state and local agencies responded. [1] The firefighting force consisted of 950 firefighters from three counties and two states, and four Natural Guard helicopters. [7] [8] [11] Kansas All Hazards Incident Management team set up a command center in ...
A month-long burn ban begins Saturday in Sedgwick County.
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Ottawa straddles the Marais des Cygnes River and is located 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Kansas City at the junction of U.S. Route 59 and K-68. U.S. Route 50 and Interstate 35 bypass Ottawa to the south and east, while business US-50 passes through the city.
KCFD worked alongside fire crews from six other area agencies to control the fire, Lake said. As of around 4:15 p.m., a spokesman from KCFD told The Star that the fire on the north side of I-470 ...