Prairie Fire, McGinnis Cemetery

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department was called out Tuesday evening, about 10:30 to McGinnis Cemetery where a prairie fire was reported.

Rural Fire Chief Rick Woehl says the Rural Fire Department responded with five trucks and ten fire fighters.

High wind and soft ground created limited access.

Rural firefighters used a six wheeler with a 100 gallon water tank to put out most of the fire.

Damage estimates of burned acreage was not immediately available.

Rural fire fighters were on the scene about an hour and a half.