LOUISBURG â It was a thief in the night.
But no one expected his target to be a fire truck that was in use at the time.
Four Louisburg firefighters responded to a reported grass fire in a ditch just east of Kansas Highway 68 and Coldwater Road about 11:15 p.m. Nov. 14. They arrived at the scene in two smaller Miami County Fire District No. 1 trucks that are equipped to handle grass and brush fires.
âIt was pitch black,â said Louisburg firefighter Jon Harris who had driven one of the grass fire rigs to the scene. âWe were told there might be someone there at the fire. We had on all of our lights we use at the scene (after dark), but we didnât see anyone.â