Updated: June 17, 2013The Pawnee Rock Fire Department was assisted by fire departments from Great Bend, Ellinwood and Albert in battling a roaring farmstead fire Friday afternoon southwest of Great Bend, at the intersection of 110th Ave. and SW 20 Rd, about four miles north and a half mile east of Pawnee Rock. Also present were the Barton County Sheriff’s Office and Great Bend Emergency Medical Services.The fire was reported around 12:30 p.m. as a grass fire. Assisting departments were dispatched at 12:37 p.m. and crews remained until late in the afternoon.