(Creston, Iowa) – Firefighters from Creston provided requested mutual aid to the Prescott Fire Department, Tuesday afternoon, with regard to a hay bales being on fire. The call went out at around 1:45-p.m. for round hay bales located at the intersection of 180th St. (H33) and Cromwell Rd, or about one-mile inside the Adams County line. Officials say the fire was caused by a malfunctioning wheel on the trailer that was carrying round hay bales.

Adams and Union County Sheriff’s Deputies shut down the roadway for a while, due to dense smoke and for the safety of the fire crews, working on both sides of the roadway. Creston Fire crews completed their assignment a little after 2:45-p.m.

(Photos from the Creston Fire Department Facebook page)