Ocheyedan, Iowa — A body has been found at the scene of a fire in rural Osceola County.
Osceola County Sheriff Kevin Wollmuth tells us that the Ocheyedan Fire Department was paged to the call of a tractor fire at 120th Street, east of Tyler Avenue about 10:25 on Wednesday morning. That’s about four miles north of the east side of Ocheyedan or three miles north of Highway 9 on L62.
Wollmuth tells us that firefighters arrived to find a tractor and grain wagon on fire in the field.
But he says a male subject was later discovered and pronounced dead at the scene. There’s been no word on if the man was a victim of the fire or where in relation to the fire he was found, except that Wollmuth tells us the operator of the tractor was not found in the tractor. It is assumed that the man had been the operator of the tractor.
The Sibley Ambulance also assisted at the scene. The Sheriff says an autopsy is being done on the body.
