2 Fires Burning Hundreds Of Acres In Polk County
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Fire Burning An Area Northwest Of Morrisville Image by Carl Long
At least nine different departments in Polk County are battling a grass fire north of Bolivar.
Polk County authorities say nearly 300 acres of grass has burned east of Highway D.
The fire is contained by a river, but there's concern that those flames may have endangered homes and other structures in the area.
Crews are also fighting a fire in the Morrisville area near county roads 95th and 512th. The flames are endangering barns and haybales.
The Highway Patrol has a plane in the air with the pilot reporting to fire crews on the ground.
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