Grass fires rage all over the place Friday

Grass fires near the north dead end of Gaddy Road rage Friday west of Shawnee. Firefighters from Shawnee, Bethel, McLoud and Tecumseh battled the blazes for hours Friday. Leftover hay from a recently baled pasture likely caused the fire to persist. Scanner reports Friday also picked up a grass fire at the I-40 and Kickapoo Street intersection and another in Lincoln County. There were also at least two reports of firefighters struggling with heat exhaustion as temperatures in the Tri-County area hovered in the 90s most of the day.