(Sac City, Iowa) – The Sac County Sheriff’s Office reports today (Tuesday), a man suffered burns to the upper portion of his body during a house fire last week in rural Odebolt. A 60-year-old man residing in the 16-hundred block of 370th Street called the Sac County Communications Center at around 9:10-a.m. on the 3rd, and advised his house was on fire and he was still in the residence. The first responding deputy saw a foot sticking out of a sliding door on the south side of the home. The deputy made contact with the male resident and assisted him with getting up and out of the home before the Odebolt Fire Department arrived on the scene.

Members of the Odebolt, Wall Lake, Lake View and Kiron Fire Departments provided mutual aid during the incident. The resident was treated and stabilized by members of the Odebolt, Lake View and Sac County Emergency Services. A highway in the area was shut down to provide an L-Z (Landing Zone) for a MercyOne helicopter, which flew the burn victim to an undisclosed burn center. A report on the man’s condition is currently unknown.

Sac Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Facebook page photo

At the request of the Odebolt Fire Department, the State Fire Marshal’s Office was called-in to assist with determining a cause for the fire.