Swiss Alp Fire Wednesday

Schulenburg and La Grange firefighters put out a small grass fire near Swiss Alp Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 30. The call initially went out the La Grange Fire Department around 1:30 p.m. Schulenburg VFD was called a few minutes later. The fire was located in an area near the border of the two departments’ service areas. The property owner reported that workers had cleared some brush and stacked it on several piles around the property about two months ago. They were waiting until the County lifted the burn ban to set the brush piles on fire. The set the fires on Wednesday. “Everything was fine this morning, but then the wind picked up this afternoon,” the property owner told the Record. One of the brush fires located in a low spot behind a tank dam got out of control. The fire spread to surrounding grass. The two departments quickly got the fire under control. No one was injured and there were no major damages. Photo by Andy Behlen