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(Update) Hay bale fire west of Atlantic Tue morning

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June 17th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Firefighters from Atlantic were paged-out to a hay bale fire at around 5:14-a.m. Today (Tuesday), at 56393 Highland Road, west of Atlantic. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel says when they arrived on the scene, there were numerous bales on hay on fire.

There were no structures damaged and no injuries reported. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.

Crews were back in the fire station by around 7-a.m.