City of Kawartha Lakes firefighters spent several hours battling a large grass fire in a field near Omemee Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the property on Old Mill Road near Mount Horeb Road around 1:30 p.m. Several other stations responded later in the afternoon to help battle the blaze. On Monday afternoon, Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Services chief Terry Jones say the blaze was a burn that got out control in a wooded area and heavy grass. The fire spread for about five acres. Five stations responded to the fire as crews endured hot weather battling the fire, Jones said.