Sioux Center, Iowa– A semi-tractor was destroyed in a fire on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, near Sioux Center.
According to Sioux Center Fire Chief David Van Holland, about just before 9:00 p.m., the Sioux Center Fire Department was called to the report of a semi on fire in a building at 3757 Indian Avenue, four miles east of the Hardee’s corner in Sioux Center and a mile and a half north.
The chief says the caller had pulled the truck out of the building and it was on fire outside as they approached the scene. He says firefighters from Sioux Center and Ireton extinguished the fire, and no injuries were reported.
He says the cause of the fire is undetermined, but it seems to have started in the engine compartment.
Chief Van Holland reports that the semi-tractor was totaled in the blaze.
He says the 22 firefighters who responded were on scene for about a half an hour.
