Eduardo Castillo

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Michael Stavola |Eduardo Castillo

Roughly 150 chickens perished in a fire Tuesday at a residence south of Valley Center. Authorities were originally called at 3:25 p.m. to a barn fire at a home in the 1300 block of South Meridian. Fire crews arrived at a residence and found a 20-by-40 foot chicken coop on fire behind the house, Valley Center fire chief Lonnie Tormey said in a phone call. Firefighters quickly put out the fire, with only one building near the coop getting heat damage.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michael Stavola |Eduardo Castillo

Wichita and part of southeast Kansas will be under a catastrophic fire risk — the highest risk possible under the grassland fire danger index — as a unique weather event called a “bomb cyclone” makes its way across the Great Plains. The three biggest factors are the brown grass, low humidity and expected high winds. Winds are expected to pick up around 10 a.m. Friday and wane around 7 p.m. Sustained winds are expected to be around 30 to 35 mph with gusts approaching 50 to 55 mph.