(Adair County, Iowa) – Multiple firefighting agencies responded Friday afternoon to a large field fire located about two-miles west of Orient, or about eight-miles south of Greenfield, in Adair County.

Officials say Creston Fire Department was requested for mutual aid to assist the Orient Volunteer Fire Department, Greenfield Volunteer Fire Department, Fontanelle Fire & Rescue, Bridgewater Fire & Ems, and Prescott Fire & Rescue contain a massive field fire, while battling winds of 30-to 50-miles per hour. 

The fire was believed to have started from a downed power line, and high winds spread the fire to what is said to have been a two-mile line of flames. (Photos are by Chuck Spindler, via the Creston FD Facebook page)

Highway 25 was closed for a while due to dense smoke. Area farmers showed up en masse to disk fields to create fire breaks. Water tankers constantly refilled the multiple brush trucks as firefighters worked the field fire, while several pumper/tanker crews attacked the fire in an abandoned house. Several outbuildings, an RV and the house were damaged or destroyed in the flames.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office was coordinating traffic in the area and the Adair County Health System‘s ambulance was on scene for support.