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Winds fuel fire Saturday in Bartel Grassland near Flossmoor

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A fire department vehicle can be seen near the fire line in this frame captured from Chronicle reporter Carole Sharwarko’s livestream report on a fire at Bartel Grasslands on Saturday, April 4. The fire burned about 10 acres, according to the Tinley Park Fire Department report. (Carole Sharwarko/H-F Chronicle)

A wind-whipped grass fire on Saturday afternoon filled the sky with smoke near the west side of Flossmoor on Saturday afternoon.

The fire burned an…

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