(Creston, IA) – Firefighters with the Creston Fire Department responded a little after 6:20-p.m., Monday, to a structure fire in Union County. The blaze occurred in the 1000 block of 242nd Street in Kent, Iowa. Officials say when the incident commander arrived on the scene, the building was fully engulfed in flames. With the residents accounted for, firefighters initiated a defensive attack to protect the surrounding properties.

Photo credit: Chuck Spindler (Creston Fire Dept. via Facebook)

Additional personnel arrived on the scene, along with mutual aid from the Lenox Iowa Fire Department. Once the fire was under control with the remaining burning debris confined in the basement walls, the Creston Fire Department returned to their quarters just before 8-p.m.

Thanks also to Greater Regional Health‘s Medic 1, the Union County Sheriff’s Office, and Alliant Energy for their support at the scene. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. 

(Red Oak, IA) – And, at around 7:40-p.m., Monday, crews with the Red Oak, Elliott and Stanton Fire Departments responded to a possible field fire at 148th/J Ave (near Stennett). The caller reported there were structures nearby. Upon arrival, fire crews located multiple piles of burnt ash, with fire extension to surrounding vegetation.

Red Oak FD photo via Facebook