Dozens of Kansas communities are banning fireworks because of bone-dry conditions, but it seems that some people haven’t grasped the full fire danger. Fireworks went on sale Wednesday in Salina and surrounding Saline County. And before the day was out, fireworks were being blamed for two separate fires.

One blaze was reported in a vacant field around 11 p.m. within the city limits. That fire spread quickly but did not cause any structural damage. In the county, Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says rural crews responded to another field fire. The sheriff says it appeared that someone discharged fireworks from a road into dry wheat stubble.