Local field fires handled by District 3

Columbia County Fire District 3 trucks responded to a fire on Lewis Gulch Road last Friday, making quick work of the strip of burned crop reside, apparently started by a combine on the David Carlton crew. Tuesday, July 27, truck responded to a fire on Barker ground up Pie Plant Road. An estimated 15 acres of standing wheat and stubble was burned, put out by firefighters in about a hour and 25 minutes.