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Update: Levee fire contained

A fire on a Buchanan County Levee has been contained.

Mike Neylon with the St. Joseph Fire Department said at 1:30 p.m. the fire was mostly out.

“With wind and smokers it will reignite sometime before the next rain,” Neylon said.

Crews responded to a Levee just south of St. Joseph near 51st Road Friday morning.  Neylon said the fire burned about 1/4 of a mile on the Levee.

He said there was no damage to a nearby home.

Multiple crews responded to the fire.

Buchanan County is under a Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather conditions until 5 p.m.

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