Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper:

MARCH 24

7:22 a.m. — Fire in a ditch three miles north of the US-56/77/K-150 roundabout on US-56/77 was extinguished within 30 minutes by Marion firefighters.

12:24 p.m. — An 80-year-old man who fell at Citizens State Bank in Goessel and hurt his hand and head was taken to NMC Health, Newton, by Hillsboro ambulance. Goessel first responders arrived within five minutes and cared for the patient until the ambulance arrived 13 minutes later.

2:53 p.m. — Fifty gallons of diesel fuel that spilled from a truck at Ampride in Hillsboro was rendered safe in less than an hour by Hillsboro firefighters.

5:56 p.m. — A 62-year-old man with unspecified symptoms was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from Hillsboro Community Hospital to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

MARCH 25

12:46 p.m. — A 43-year-old man vomiting and having trouble seeing after felling in the 300 block of S. Cedar St. in Hillsboro was taken to NMC by Hillsboro ambulance.

1:24 p.m. — A 74-year-old man who may have suffered a stroke at Crofoot Chiropractic in Marion was taken to St. Luke Hospital, Marion, by Marion ambulance. Despite having only one attendant available, Tampa ambulance was ordered to stand by in Hillsboro until 2:12 p.m. in case of additional calls.

3:08 p.m. — Marion ambulance was dispatched to a fight at Westview Manor in Peabody and took one unspecified patient to NMC.

4:19 p.m. — Fire in several hundred yards of hedge row off Nighthawk Rd. between 100th and 110th Rds. was extinguished within an hour and a half by Marion, Florence, and Peabody firefighters. Hillsboro ambulance also was dispatched but did not remain at the fire. County emergency managers also responded.

THURSDAY

1:57 a.m. — A 49-year-old woman with abdominal pain, dizziness, and nausea at a home in the 200 block of W. 8th St. in Florence was taken to NMC by Marion ambulance.

5:59 a.m. — Marion and Hillsboro ambulances were dispatched along with Marion and Hillsboro firefighters to a fiery head-on fatality accident between a pickup and a semi-trailer truck on US-56 east of Remington Rd. / K-256. The county emergency manager also responded. A driver trapped in a burning pickup was pronounced dead at 6:14 a.m.

2:03 p.m. — A sparking transformer in the 200 block of W. 3rd St. in Florence was monitored by Florence firefighters until an Evergy electric crew arrived.

3:04 p.m. — Marion firefighters returned along with county emergency managers and environmental health officers to US-56 and K-256 / Remington Rd. to remove debris and spilled oil from the roadway.

10:26 p.m. — A 2-month-old boy who fell was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Wesley.

11:09 p.m. — Fire within a dryer vent struck by lightning at a farmhouse near 50th and Quail Creek Rds. was extinguished in less than an hour by Peabody, Burns, and Florence firefighters. Hillsboro ambulance also responded but w