Area fire crews responded to a burn pile fire that resulted in a grass fire Monday.

According to the Greene County Sheriff’s office, the Rippey and Grand Junction Fire departments responded to a call of a grass fire just after 5pm in the 1200 block of 1st Street in Rippey. Sheriff Jack Williams says the property owner was burning a brush pile, but then it got out of hand and spread into a grass fire. Less than one-acre was burned, and minimal damage was done. There were no structures involved in the incident and no one was hurt.

Sheriff Williams reminds rural residents that if they decide to do an open burn, they must contact the law enforcement center and notify them of when and where the burn will take place. If the LEC is not contacted and fire personnel are used to put out a fire, then Williams adds the property owner could face a fine.

The non-emergency number of the LEC is 386-2136.