Today is the end of National Fire Prevention Week and the day of the annual Chadron Volunteer Fire Department Open House and free will Spaghetti Feed, but the event was cut short by a mutual aid fire call from the Crawford VFD a little after 1:00.
Details are not yet available, but the fire was burning along Highway 20 between Chadron and Crawford near Haines Road.
Members of the Chadron VFD quickly joined other mutual aid units from multiple agencies including Gordon, Rushville, and Hemingford.
We will have more information tomorrow morning.