Camper goes up in flames Sunday night near Red Oak

June 16th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Montgomery County, Iowa) – Officials with the Red Oak Fire Department say no injuries were reported but a 1995 Prowler camper was a total loss following a fire late Sunday night. Red Oak Fire was dispatched at around 11:26-p.m. to 1748 250th Street for a reported camper on fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found the pull behind camper fully engulfed in flames.

The property owner said he had been working on the camper and fell asleep while smoking and woke up to flames/smoke inside the camper.