An unauthorized trash burn just northwest of Rose Hill quickly turned into an uncontrolled field fire.  Fire crews from four different stations brought the fire under control after just more than an hour.

The fire scorched a 3/4 mile stretch of grass fields.  Two plowed fields helped fire crews.  The fields, far less flammable than dry grass, slowed the fire.

"If that other field--the plowed field--wouldn't have been there, then it would have been an open shot into waist-high and shoulder-high grass," said Rose Hill Fire Chief Dan Armstrong.

Butler County lifted its burn ban last Monday, but county fire officials still consider it too dangerous to burn.  They are currently not issuing any burn permits.

It was a tough day all-around for Rose Hill firefighters.  A fellow firefighter, 28-year-old Jason Johnson, died Saturday afternoon from an unknown medical condition.  Johnson served as a volunteer firefighter for Rose Hill for several years and leaves behind a wife and 4-year-old son.