The Riley and Blue River Hills firefighters were called and supported by the Konza Valley station and Randolph ,when they were released from the first fire. No structures had reported damage and one volunteer firefighter was taken to the hospital and released later that night. All three fires were the result of people not burning responsibly. Volunteers from Konza Valley, Hunters Island, Tuttle Creek and Zeandale spent a large part of Sunday trying to contain wildfires in the Deep Creek area.
Collins reminds us the citizens of Riley County outside Manhattan depend on the generosity of our volunteer fire fighters. The fire chief adds recently a just few fires have exhausted the volunteer system to the point where if they had another fire they would have no one else to send.