October 24, 2024 – Fond du Lac Co., WI – On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 1:21 p.m., the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call from a land owner at W13628 Hwy 44 who stated that his corn bailer had caught fire and that the fire was spreading into his 20 acre field.
Alto and Brandon-Fairwater Fire Departments were dispatched along with a deputy from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office. The corn bailer fire was quickly extinguished but flames spread to nearby corn bales and the recently cut cornstalk field.
The land owner, Raymond Yagler stated that the bailer was a total loss of approximately $9,000 and around 5 acres of field had burned. There were no injuries reported and no other loss of property.
