TOPEKA — Wildfires are burning thousands of acres in southwest Kansas, and emergency management personnel from across the state are working to gain control and keep communities safe.
Bill Waln, state fire management officer at the Kansas Forest Service, said winds shifted as crews were fighting a Clark County fire, pushing it out of containment.
“That’s the one that’s pushed us around a little bit,” he said. “It made a run north toward Minneola yesterday.”
Waln said firefighters were unable to contain the fire on the south end after a cold front…
