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OTR for July 1, 2014
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Great Bend Fire/EMSFirefighters made four ambulance runs Friday, five Saturday and six Sunday.At 6:38 a.m. Saturday, units responded to a possible structure fire at 4 NW 30 Road. They found burning in an unapproved burn pit outside a mobile home.Other firesA house was hit by lightning, resulting in a fire, around 4:45 a.m. Saturday on Michaelies Road in Russell County. Lightning also struck a tank battery at 1164 SE 40 Road around 8 a.m. Sunday.Barton County SheriffAt 6:37 a.m. Friday, deputies responded to 680 SE 70 Road, where a stolen car that had been burned was still smoldering.A Chevy Impala was involved in a one-car accident on west U.S. 56 at SW 30 Ave. shortly before 6 p.m. Friday.Theft of a 1911 Ducks Unlimited edition .45 pistol from 656 West Barton County Road was reported.Theft of propane from a storage building in the 600 block of north U.S. 281 was reported Sunday.Great Bend PoliceGuns were missing from 5221 Eisenhower Ave. on Friday.A Great Bend businessman reported receiving a forged check on an account that had been closed for over 25 years.A vehicle was damaged Friday evening by kids playing in the Walmart parking lot who rammed it with a shopping cart.Eastbound vehicles collided at 8:09 p.m. Friday on 10th St. when an unknown driver attempted to change lanes and struck a vehicle driven by Kelsey Kaemmerer.