Grass Fire On Highway 299 North of Emmet

The Emmet and Perrytown VFD responded to a grass fire located in the 300th block of state highway 299 about a mile north of Emmet.  A resident was burning some debris and gusty winds caused the fire to get out of hand.  The call came in around 1:30om Tuesday.  There were no injuries and fire damage was limited to a field and a fence row.