BEATRICE – Beatrice Rural Firefighters were sent to a reported fire in a standing corn field late Monday afternoon.  

Rural Fire Chief Matt Langley says the fire near Southwest 89th and Hackberry Road about five miles northwest of Beatrice was started by the burning of trash which caught some grass on fire and then spread to the field. 

Langley says about a couple of acres burned.  DeWitt firefighters were also summoned for mutual aid but called off when the fire had been brought under control.   Beatrice Rural fire personnel were sent to the scene at 4:33 p.m. and units went back into service about 45 minutes later.

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In a separate incident, emergency personnel were sent to a reported gas line break in Cortland at around 4:25 p.m, behind First State Bank…at the location of a demolition project.  Southeast Communications radio traffic described it as a small leak. 

A Black Hills Energy crew arrived on scene just after 5 p.m., and fire units returned to normal service at about 5:15 p.m.