4/10/2009
TIM UNRUH
SYLVAN GROVE — Hulda Ulrich and her son, Malcom, were just sitting down to lunch Thursday when they noticed smoke coming through a window. “By the time we got out the door, (fire) was coming right in the homestead, right around the buildings,” she said. “We got in the pickup and left.” A grass fire that started about a mile away was fanned out of control by strong winds. Firefighters were already battling the blaze, said Hulda Ulrich, 89, but they were unable to save a granary, a washhouse and an old barn. “There was an excellent fire department there,” she said. “They tried to keep the better buildings. They really did a good job.” Her home, three miles northeast of Sylvan Grove, was spared. It was one of two homes threatened by grass fires that day, Lincoln County Sheriff Russ Black said.
Read more about recent grass fires in Saturday's Salina Journal.