(KIWA Staff Photo [AI Enhanced])Little Rock, Iowa — About an acre and a half of cornstalks were burned in a fire on Monday, October 19, 2026, near Little Rock.
According to Little Rock Fire Chief Austin Kannegieter, at about 6:45 p.m., the Little Rock Fire Department was called to the report of a cornfield on fire headed for a home near 1452 Marsh Avenue, just south of Little Rock, between the town and Highway 9.
When they got there, the chief says the fire department saw the cornfield on fire. He says they used their grass rig to fight the fire.
Kannegieter says no injuries were reported.
He says the cause of the fire is undetermined. Chief Kannegieter reports that the damage was confined to about an acre and a half of corn stalks, which had been combined that morning.
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for about 45 minutes.
