Grass fire halted off of CR 283

THIS PASTURE WAS burned on Friday afternoon, June 26, off County Road 283. Cooks Point and Caldwell firefighters responded. Photo courtesy of Caldwell VFD
THIS PASTURE WAS burned on Friday afternoon, June 26, off County Road 283. Cooks Point and Caldwell firefighters responded. Photo courtesy of Caldwell VFD

Cooks Point and Caldwell volunteer firefighters responded on Friday afternoon, June 26, to a grass fire on County Road 283 that burned about 5 acres but was contained with no structural damage The fire was toned just after noon on Ben Novosad’s property, where the wind caught a controlled brush burn pile and got into the grass, said Cooks Point Fire Chief Larry Odstrcil.

The fire was legal since th…