CARVER COUNTY, Minn. — Agencies across four counties showed up to get a grass fire under control Sunday in Carver County. The fire took over land near the south side of Eagle Lake, near Norwood Young America.
Brad Mueller was out in his yard Sunday afternoon when flames came whipping toward his home.
"There were times you couldn't see across this road it was so black and so smokey,” Mueller said.
Two firefighters were injured when a grass rig, a pick up truck used by firefighters, exploded on the scene.
Both crew members sustained minor injuries, which were treated at the scene.
The nine agencies which are responding to the fire include the Norwood Young America Fire Department.
“There was no way were going to gain control, our strategy was to go defense and run it out of fuel and keep it from jumping roads," said Steven Zumberge, chief of the Norwood Young America Fire Department.
The chief, who estimated 60-acres were burned, said the fire may have started when a resident was trying to do fall cleaning.
“It’s pretty simple, put your matches away,” he said.
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