County vehicles, tools lost in landfill blaze Friday

The Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill’s vehicle shed was lost to a so-far unexplained fire early Friday morning. (Photo by Zach Jensen)

By Zach Jensen,

The Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill’s vehicle shed was lost to a so-far unexplained fire early Friday morning.

The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting the fire at 6:12 a.m. Nov. 22. Firefighters from Frankville, Castalia, Ossian and Decorah responded to extinguish the flames which had consumed the pole barn, where crews housed the landfill’s vehicles and all of its tools. Firefighters remained on scene for about seven hours. The sheriff’s office and a WinnMed ambulance assisted at the scene. Frankville Fire Chief John Nielsen said the cause of the fire is undeterminable.

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