Firefighters from various area departments work to control a fire in pastures and timber Saturday in southwest Leavenworth County.

Units from multiple area fire departments are battling a grass fire Saturday in southwest Leavenworth County.

The fire, which started about 2 p.m., was just east of the county line of Douglas and Leavenworth counties northeast of the intersection of Loring and 262nd roads. Among the departments Reno Township Fire Department called in to fight the fire were the Wakarusa and Eudora township fire departments in Douglas County and Sherman Township Fire Department of Leavenworth County.

The fire spread through pasture and timber in the area, but firefighters have been able to prevent damage to numerous homes and outbuildings near the fire.

A burn ban was in effect Saturday for both Douglas and Leavenworth counties with the National Weather Service’s rangeland danger rating at “extreme.”