LIND – Residents who were fortunate enough to avert disaster inflicted by a 2,500-acre brush fire south of Lind were allowed to return home Thursday night. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday night, Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner reported that the fire was contained. The fire, which was initially reported three miles south of Lind exploded to 2,500 acres in a matter of hours, destroying eight outbuildings and six homes on the town’s south end. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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