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The Newton Volunteer Fire Department quickly handled a woods fire on Monday evening. Meanwhile, the department is reminding people to be careful with outdoor burning. Firefighters say they responded at about 9:30 to the Liberty Community and arrived to find that a controlled burn had spread out of control and into the nearby wooded area. They managed to contain it to about one acre and it was extinguished in about 30 minutes. Although there are no burn bans in effect in this immediate area, Newton firefighters are reminding residents that the current heat wave has caused vegetation to dry out, therefore fire danger is high.