Controlled burn spreads to piles of cut-down trees

CAMANCHE, Iowa (KWQC) - Fire departments from all over the county were called in for water after a controlled burn spread on Tuesday night.

The fire was off Highway 30 and Dunn Street.

Officials with the Camanche Fire Department said the fire started as a controlled burn but spread to large piles of cut-down trees.

Multiple agencies responded to the fire, including the Camanche police and fire departments, according to the Clinton County Sheriff’s office.

Officials from the Clinton Community School District said the fire approached the district’s transportation department.

To be safe, officials said all district vehicles were moved from the bus barn to the Wild Rose Casino in Clinton and that no district vehicles or property was damaged.