High winds and low humidity added up to difficult conditions for firefighters in parts of Kansas.
Besides two fires in Hutchinson, and a number of grass fires around the region, a mile-wide grass fire spread from Jackson County into Brown County on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of that fire is unknown. Crews had to battle winds of up to 35 mph to bring that fire under control.
Traffic in Wichita was snarled Tuesday afternoon when a grassfire forced police to close a ramp from Kansas 96 to Interstate 235. Wind gusts of nearly 50 mph were recorded there.