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Local Farmer Working to Help Fire Victims

(KMZA)--A local area farmer is working to offer assistance to those affected by the destruction caused by devastating Kansas wildfires.

Andy Evans, a farmer in the Seneca area, tells MSC News he is in the process of collecting supplies needed by ag producers who lost property in the fires.

“We're trying to put an effort together to go and get hay, fencing material, anything as small as two bails, one bail, anything to help to take out toward Hutchinson and out that way to help the wildfire victims,” Evans said.

Evans says it's his hope that the giving spirit of the local area will allow an outpouring of support to his effort.

“It sounds live they've lost a lot and, around here, we live in such an awesome community that, if it happened around here, I know there would be a ton of people to help us,” Evans said. “So, I'm just trying to organize and put together some loads to take out there and try and help them”

Anyone wanting to help can contact Evans.

“They can call me at 785-799-4022 if they would like to donate hay or fencing materials to take out there,” Evans said. “Just give me a phone call, and we can arrange a time or if you can deliver it, that would be great.”

Since they began last weekend, officials report that 21 Kansas counties were affected by the fires.

On Friday, the Associated Press reported that more than 1,100 square miles in the state are under control, leading the state to withdraw response teams from the firefighting effort.

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management said Friday that crews in Clark County have a blaze there 70 percent contained. Containment levels in Kansas' Comanche, Ellis, Reno and Rooks counties exceed 90 percent.

The blaze that encompassed Comanche and Clark counties along Kansas' southern border with Oklahoma is the biggest wildfire on record in Kansas.

Although Kansas has no burn ban in effect, the state's emergency management agency warns there's still potential for grassfires because of dry conditions statewide.

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