Alton, Iowa — A semi tanker trailer was damaged in a fire near Alton on Tuesday morning.
According to the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, about 7:25 a.m., they received a report of a semi-trailer on fire on Highway 60, one and a half miles northeast of Alton. Firefighters and law enforcement were dispatched.
The sheriff’s office says that 77-year-old Larry Krogman of Ashton had been driving a 1999 Freightliner semi-truck pulling a liquid fertilizer tank trailer northbound on Highway 60 when he reported the rear passenger side tires of the trailer started on fire. They tell us the fire likely started when the tire ruptured and became lodged between in the wheel well.
The Alton Fire Department was able to extinguish the fire and no injuries were reported.
The trailer sustained about $5,000 in damage.
Along with the Alton Fire Department, the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, Orange City Police Department, Alton Ambulance Squad, the Orange City Fire Department, and the Iowa Department of Transportation responded to the scene to assist.
