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Fire roundup
Pickup totaled in fire; other fires reported
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Last Friday and Saturday were busy days for the Great Bend Fire Department, Fire Chief Mike Napolitano reported.At 4:09 p.m. Friday, units responded to 2545 19th St., where a small patch of grass was being burned behind the house. Napolitano said burning is not allowed in the city and a warning citation was issued.At 8:39 p.m. Friday, a 911 call sent firefighters to 1603 Morton St., where fire was coming from the engine and passenger compartments of a 1982 Chevy pickup parked in a driveway near the garage. The truck was being worked on and a new carburetor was being adjusted when the fuel sprayed out of the back of the carburetor, struck the coil and ignited.