Rock Rapids, Iowa– The Rock Rapids Fire Department was called out to a fire on Monday, August 29, 2022, near Rock Rapids.
According to Rock Rapids Fire Chief Ed Reck, at about 6:15 p.m., the Rock Rapids Fire Department was called to the report of a ditch fire near the intersection of Highway 9 and K60– the Edna road, three miles east of Rock Rapids.
The chief says the fire department saw a small area of the ditch on fire as they approached the scene. He says they quickly extinguished the flames with water.
Reck says no injuries were reported.
He says the cause of the fire is undetermined, but he believes it was probably a cigarette or something hot that fell from or was thrown from a vehicle.
Chief Reck reports that a ten by twenty-foot section of grass was all that burned
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for 15-20 minutes.
