A grass fire that burned 30-acres of pasture was ignited by a trash truck.

According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday morning around 6:10am a Hometown Disposal truck and driver was in the 3,000 block of S. Burma Road when a piece of cardboard or trash came in contact with the exhaust pipe, sparking the blaze.

Thirty acres of pasture was burned before fire crews quelled the blaze.

Photos courtesy Saline Co. Sheriff’s Office