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Personnel photo by Fritz Busch Sleepy Eye Firefighter Jesse Fischer, second from left, beats a grass fire in Stark Township on Friday. The first deputy fire chief Scott Krzmarzick is shown on the right of Fischer. Firefighters were at the scene of the crime, about a mile east of the State Highway 4 and south of Cr 24 for about an hour. No injuries were reported.

Sleepy Eye – Sleepy Eye Firefighters reacted to a grass fire in Stark Township, about four miles southeast of Sleepy Eye on Friday.

Fire chief Aaron Schauman said that pumpers, tanker and grass -Mr -fire brigade cars were used to combat a fire that was called around 10:45 a.m.

The second deputy fire chief Jeff Zinniel said that the windy conditions made the fire more difficult. Firefighters trained hoses on tree stumps and branches after they deleted the burning of grass.