Grass Fire On US 67 West of 16th Street

The Guernsey and Fulton Volunteer Fire Departments along with the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Department responded to a grass fire around 1:15pm Monday on US67 on the north side of the highway.  The fire was located about a mile west of the Melrose Lane/16th Street intersection.  The cause of the fire was unknown.  Firemen were successful in keeping the fire from jumping the railroad tracks into a wooded area.