Brush fire in Douglas County largely under control
The large brush fire that reached Kansas Highway 10, between Lawrence and Eudora, is largely under control, according to Douglas County dispatchers.
Further details of the fire have yet to emerge. But as of 9:30 p.m., dispatchers were able to confirm the flames were under control, although another fire restarted along the 1900 block of N. 1500 road.
Several fire departments responded to the flames.
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