SEWARD COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — In the hundreds of thousands of acres that have burned in southern Kansas this week, people have lost pasture and cropland, cattle, and, in some cases, even their homes.
For generations, Randall Thorp’s family has farmed land south of Kismet in Seward County. But that land is now reduced to ash, and the family faces the daunting task of rebuilding from scratch.
He said they received the call to evacuate from the Seward County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday afternoon.
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“We’re like grabbing what few things we thought were the most important and got everybody loaded up and got out
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