Sioux Center, Iowa — Five fire departments were called out on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, to a rural Sioux Center field.
According to Sioux Center Fire Chief David Van Holland, about 5:40 p.m., the Sioux Center Fire Department was called to the report of a grass fire nine miles west of Sioux Center, near Lebanon.
The chief says the fire department saw a lot of fire burning on set-aside acres as they approached the scene. He says they used small grass rigs to fight the fire.
Van Holland says no injuries were reported.
The fire department was assisted by the Rock Valley, Hawarden, and Ireton, Iowa and Hudson, South Dakota fire departments.
He says the fire started as the farmer was burning set-aside acres, and control of the fire was lost.
Chief Van Holland reports that ten to fifteen acres of grass were burned.
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for almost an hour.
