Fire crews battled hot spots overnight Tuesday in Reno County, but residents of one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods were allowed back to their houses. No deaths or injuries were reported in the county, but eight homes were destroyed. Velera Adams and her husband got the call, along with thousands of others, to evacuate from rural Hutchinson just as night fell Monday. She said they drove to a church parking lot just outside the evacuation zone. “And we could see the fire, all along north of there,” said Velera Adams. “It was pretty scary.” “Giant, red glow — and it was coming right at us,” Stephen Adams said. “And you know, at that point I was kind of glad we got out of there.” Flames have scorched an estimated 7,200 acres in Reno County alone and more than 650,000 acres across Kansas since Saturday. When the wind shifted Monday night, Velera Adams thought they’d be able to go back home by midnight. “Because we could see it moving to the east, which would have been past our place. Well
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