Grass Fire – Akan Township

Grass Fire – Akan Township

At approximately 4:00pm on Friday, March 26th, the Richland Center Fire Dept. responded to Akan Township for an grass fire out of control.  The call came in from a DNR Fire Control Ranger who discovered the fire.  The Ranger reported the fire to be about 5 acres in size at the time of the call.   The fire was located on West Ridge Road just north of County Highway F.  Firefighters responded with brush units 711 and 712,  Engine 705, Tanker 704 and 6X6 ATV 719.  No injuries were reported.  Firefighters were on the scene until approximately 9:00pm.  An estimated 15 acres of woods burned in all.  No structures were lost.  The Richland Center Fire Explorers, WI. DNR Fire Control and the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. assisted at the scene.