Lang
4/8/23
Multiple agencies responded to a large grass fire near Windham Saturday afternoon.
The Tiffin Fire Department reports responding to a large vegetation fire on the 2100 block of Black Diamond Road SW just after 4:30pm. They were soon joined by firefighters from Oxford, Williamsburg, Hills, North Liberty, Amana, Swisher, Solon and Kalona. The fire was extinguished after several hours.
The Hills Fire Department reports that at the time of the fire, every single fire department serving Johnson County had responded to some sort of vegetation fire sometime on Saturday. Hills firefighters alone had been called to five different fires as of 6:30 Saturday night.
The Tiffin Hills, and Swisher fire departments all discourage residents from outdoor burning under the current dry conditions.