Area fire crews were busy most of the day Monday with a grass fire on Forest Ave. in the Empire area of Galena. Six departments, 15 emergency units and more than 25 firefighters responded to the blaze. Galena Fire Department command requested mutual aid from Baxter Springs Fire, Columbus Fire Rescue, Carl Junction Fire Protection, Reddings Mill Fire Department and Quapaw Tribe Fire and EMS.&nbs...
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