Grass fires a problem along interstate highways

Firefighters were fighting grass fires along I-435 in Wyandotte County today. (KC Scout photo)
Grass fires were reported this afternoon along I-635 in Wyandotte County. (KC Scout photo)

It’s been a day of several brush fires in the area.

Grass fires were reported along I-435 and I-635 in Wyandotte County today, according to KC Scout.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department fought a brush fire today on a couple of acres near I-635 and Leavenworth Road, according to a spokesman, Battalion Chief Morris Letcher.

Today the weather is dry, with some wind, and with temperatures in the 60s, Letcher said, conditions that might make it easier for grass fires to spread.