Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Acres of blackened earth surround a Marlin area farmstead, which was saved thanks to the hard work of Grant and Lincoln County firefighters who rushed to the scene.
Rural Odessa fire chief Roger Sebesta, Town of Odessa fire chief Don Strebeck and more than 20 other area firefighters responded to a blaze that started north of Marlin Monday and quickly spread to cover about 2,000 to 2,500 acres of mostly sagebrush-covered pasture, plus some wheat fields. One structure was also lost to the flames, a machine shed belonging to Marlin farmer Ron Lesser, along with all of the equipment stored in it.
In all, 11 vehicles fought the wind-whipped blaze that blew smoke and ashes into Odessa as it raced through dry tinder. Firefighters from Davenport, Reardan, Harring...
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