Riley Township Fire corn stubble fire reached 55 acres
From Riley Twp. Fire Chief Craig Fischer
Riley Township Pandora Fire Department, was dispatched at 15:58 [on October 22] for reported corn stubble fire near the intersection of Road 4 and Road O, outside of Pandora, OH.
Weather conditions quickly pushed the small fire to an area covering approximately 55 acres, near a ditch with standing corn on other side.
Mutual aide was dispatched from Bluffton FD, Columbus Grove FD, Gilboa FD, and Ottawa FD for tankers and brush trucks, and aided by Putnam County Sheriff Office as well as the Putnam County EMS, for a minor injury. Also aiding the fire departments, several local farmers with tractors and disk; Matt Karhoff, Kevin Schulte, Mark Shoemaker, Paul Lehman, Bob Grismore, and Scott Grismore, as well as Todd Schulte with a semi load of water. Thank you to Dave Moss and Jani Fischer for the cases of water to aide with firefighter hydration.
There was no damage to surrounding buildings and properties. Fire fighters were on scene for approximately 2 1/2 hours.
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