Field fire near Marquette

Marquette and Aurora firefighters battled wind and dry conditions Tuesday afternoon in putting out a field fire just east and north of Marquette.

Aurora Fire Chief Tom Cox reported that the fire was apparently ignited by a pickup in the field and quickly spread to the north. Marquette area farmer Cale Carlson saw the smoke, and realizing that the National Weather Service had issued a red flag or no burn warning stopped his harvest work and headed for the scene. Carlson was able to disc a couple lines north of the fire to help stop the spread, and also cleared a path in the field toward the burning pickup, helping firetrucks reach the scene.

The fire burned an estimated 30 to 40 acres on fields owned by Brent and Chuck Nilson and Alan and Dale Anderson.

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