Rock Rapids, Iowa– A combine was damaged in a fire on Saturday, September 24, 2022, near Rock Rapids.
According to Rock Rapids Fire Chief Ed Reck, at about 2:50 p.m., the Rock Rapids Fire Department was called to the report of a combine fire near the intersection of 170th Street & Harrison Avenue, a mile south of Rock Rapids and a mile east — on the “Two Mile Bridge Road.”
The chief says the fire department saw a little smoke as they approached the scene. He says they made quick work of the fire.
Reck says no injuries were reported.
He says the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical in nature.
Chief Reck reports that there was minimal damage.
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for between a half hour and an hour.
