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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Fire fighters with the Valley City rural fire district battled a grass fire for about five hours on Saturday, July 8th

Fire Chief Gary Retterath said the fire started after a bale ignited in a round hay baler. He said the farmer released the bale and a grass fire started to spread into the field and nearby slough around 5pm.

Retterath said about 60 acres burned in the grass fire. He said one firefighter was treated and released for heat exhaustion during the five hour fire some 3 miles southeast of Valley City.