Le Mars, Iowa (RI) — A man working at a hog confinement near Le Mars is at a hospital in Nebraska for treatment of severe burns after a fire near the hog barn on Monday. Le Mars Fire Chief Dave Schipper says the man was initially rushed to the local hospital by private car, then airlifted to Lincoln.
Schipper says the initial investigation indicates gas vapors inside the trailer were ignited by the hot motor of the power washer.
Another employee at the facility dumped dirt on the fire before firefighters arrived from Le Mars, which is about nine miles away, and Schipper says that helped slow the fire down.
The name of the man who was burned has not been released.
