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Posted on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 1:52 p.m.

Grass and brush fire ignites in Freedom Township

By John Counts

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Firefighters attend to a grass fire in Freedom Township that included some large tractor tires.

Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

Firefighters were dispatched to the intersection of Schnieder and West Ellsworth roads in Freedom Township for a brush fire around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Manchester Township and Saline fire departments responded to the fire in the 10000 block of Ellsworth Road. Tractor tires and brush piles were burning on the property behind a residence.

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A firefighter battles a grass fire in Freedom Township Wednesday.

Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com


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Comments

Tru2Blu76

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 11:06 p.m.

Upping the ante: first it was just grass fires, now it's grass and tire fires. How can we be sure that AnnArbor.com isn't sending people out to start these fires? It's a slow news month but grass fires are about as low as you can go in presenting "news." Grass fires vs just grass: you don't have to mow a grass fire. ;-)

scott burke

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 7:14 p.m.

You could see the smoke from Ellsworth and Stone School rd. in Ann Arbor.

Tom Todd

Wed, Aug 8, 2012 : 7:39 p.m.

Please everyone do a Rain Dance,this drought has got to end!