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Fire reported at Bunge near Red Oak

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September 28th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak firefighters assisted by five other departments battled a commercial structure fire Thursday afternoon at the Bunge Corporation. According to a social media post from the Red Oak Fire Department, the incident happened a little before 3-p.m., at the facility located at 2049 Fernwood Ave., where a fire was reported in the outside stacks.
Initial arriving fire crews reported active fire from the stack system. The aerial was deployed for immediate exterior suppression operations. Mutual aid was called in from the following departments for additional firefighters and tanker support to supply water to the aerial:
  • Stanton Fire and Rescue Department
  • Elliott Volunteer Fire Department
  • Villisca FD
  • Essex Fire Rescue
  • Shenandoah Fire Department

Also assisting during the incident, were: Officers with the Red Oak Police Department; Montgomery County 911; The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office; Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency; and Bungee Maintenance Staff.

Images via the Red Oak Fire Department Facebook page.

Officials say fire ground operations were completed at 6:30pm. There were no injuries to Firefighters or civilians. The structure sustained an unknown dollar amount of damage, with maintenance crews are evaluating the damage at last report.