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A cornfield burns Monday southwest of the intersection of Wilmington-Peotone and Tulley roads near Wilton Center, which is about five miles south of Manhattan. The fire was spreading quickly because of high winds, before officials could get the roads closed.
Erin Gallagher / Daily Southtown
A cornfield burns Monday southwest of the intersection of Wilmington-Peotone and Tulley roads near Wilton Center, which is about five miles south of Manhattan. The fire was spreading quickly because of high winds, before officials could get the roads closed.
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Dry fields and gusting winds appeared to be factors in a three-alarm fire Monday that was spreading quickly in unincorporated Wilton Township in southern Will County.