Four grass fires, among several calls for the Brainerd Fire Department. Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | × Bill Salo with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sprays water on a running wildfire Friday, April 2, 2021, east of Brainerd near Highway 18. The Brainerd Fire Department, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wildfire, and the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office responded to the call. Conditions are extremely dangerous for fire in central Minnesota. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch The Brainerd Fire Department was busy with grass fires and other fire calls this past weekend. Firefighters responded to two grass fires Friday, April 2, with one reported at 2:28 p.m. on the 12000 block of Highway 18, where three acres burned. The next fire was at 7:28 p.m. on the 4000 block of Cinosam Road, where less than one acre burned.