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Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- From the Watson Fire Protection District Facebook page:
At 12:47p on 9-30-26 the WFPD was dispatched to a possible field fire with vehicle involvement. On arrival, WFPD noted a large amount of smoke coming from the area near 13351 E 1000th Ave along with multiple acres of standing and cut corn on fire as well as a vehicle on fire.
WFPD units began contaminant as well as asking for assistance from multiple mutual aid departments due to the size, area, and weather conditions. After roughly an hour and a half of continued containment and extinguishment, all fire units and volunteered help began making progress on completing extinguishment, all units cleared the scene roughly 2hrs later.
Containment of this incident could not have been possible without help from the Effingham Fire Department, Shumway Fire Department, Teutopolis Fire Department, local area farmers, the Effingham equity, and the Effingham County Sheriffs Dept.
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