Alvord, Iowa– Four round cornstalk bales were destroyed in a fire on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, near Alvord.
According to Alvord Fire Chief Shawn Bosler, at a few minutes before 10:00 p.m., the Alvord Fire Department was called to the report of a field fire near the 2300 block of 220th Street, one and a third miles west and a mile south of the north entrance to Alvord.
The chief says the fire department saw the bales on fire in the middle of the field as they approached the scene. He says they pushed the bales apart with pitchforks and fire poles and doused them with water.
Bosler says no injuries were reported. He says their firefighting effort was assisted with a tanker of water from the Doon Fire Department.
He says the cause of the fire is undetermined.
At today’s cornstalk prices, the four bales would have been worth roughly $330.
Bosler says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for about 45 minutes.
