(Rural Atlantic, Iowa) – Firefighters from Atlantic were requested for a barn fire north of town early this (Wednesday) morning, north of the KJAN Studios. The blaze was reported at 2:40-a.m., on the property at 55717 Olive Street (The Steve Andersen property). The first crew on the scene reported a fully engulfed structure fire. A second page was requested at 3:08-a.m.

AMU was requested to turn off the power, at 3:11-a.m. Marne and Lewis Fire Departments were requested for their tanker trucks and manpower at 3:13-a.m.  Marne Fire was released from the scene at 4:42-a.m. Lewis Fire was released about five-minutes later. Hot spots remained as of 4:51-a.m., and the remaining Atlantic crews were working to make sure those were extinguished before leaving the scene.

View of emergency vehicles on the scene, from the KJAN parking lot on N. Olive Street.

Additional information was not immediately available.