Little Rock, Iowa– Thousands of dollars worth of straw and the structure it was in were destroyed in a fire on Sunday, October 30, 2022, near Little Rock.
According to Little Rock Fire Chief Joe Schilling, at about 7:45 a.m., the Little Rock Fire Department was called to the report of a hay shed on fire at 4668 110th Street, three miles north and three-quarters of a mile east of Little Rock.
The chief says the fire department saw the shed and its contents fully engulfed in fire as they approached the scene. He says they pushed the bales into the field and pulled them apart, spraying them with water to put out the fire.
Schilling says no injuries were reported.
The fire department was assisted by the George, Sibley, Bigelow, and Ellsworth fire departments and multiple neighbors and businesses with payloaders and excavators.
He says the cause of the fire is undetermined but was believed to be spontaneous combustion.
Chief Schilling reports that the structure and all contents (around 1200 large square bales) were completely destroyed.
He says 52 firefighters responded and some of them were on the scene for almost 11 hours.
Thanks to Little Rock Fire Chief Joe Schilling for the pictures
