RURAL CERRO GORDO COUNTY – A fire late Saturday night at a rural farm destroyed a machine shed and other equipment.
Saturday night, June 18, 2016 at 9:50 PM, a large structure fire was reported at 11678 Vine Avenue, west of Rockford, Iowa which is the home of Thomas and Tammy Bahnsen. The large machine shed containing farm machinery and about 80 hay bales was destroyed. There is no cause as to how the fire started at this time and remains under investigation. The home owners were not home at the time of the blaze, also no persons were injured and the building and all its contents were a total loss.
Assisting the Cerro Gordo County Sheriffs Department at the scene were Rockford Fire Department, Rudd Fire Department, Marble Rock Fire Department, Dougherty Fire Department, Rockwell Fire Department & EsaCerro Gordo County Emergency Management.