Hospers, Iowa — Fifty acres of stalks burned in a field fire on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, near Hospers.
According to Hospers Fire Chief Jason Overmole, at about 12:10 p.m., the Hospers Fire Department was called to the report of a large field fire near 410th Street and Monroe Avenue, three miles east and a mile south of Hospers.
The chief says the fire department saw the field on fire as they approached the scene.
Overmole says no injuries were reported.
The fire department was assisted by the Granville Fire Department through their automatic mutual aid agreement.
He says a burn pile burned the day before re-stoaked with the wind and started the field on fire.
Chief Overmole reports that about 50 acres of stalks burned in the fire.
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for about 45 minutes.
