WAR EAGLE GRASS FIRE UPDATE

SIOUX CITY FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SPENT THE AFTERNOON BATTLING A STUBBORN GRASS FIRE NEAR THE WAR EAGLE MONUMENT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JOE RODRIQUEZ SAYS A SMALL INITIAL  FIRE WAS SNUFFED OUT AROUND NOON, BUT A BIGGER ONE STARTED A SHORT TIME LATER:

SEVERAL UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO WAR EAGLE PARK TO FIGHT THE FIRE.

RODRIQUEZ SAYS THE WAR EAGLE MONUMENT WAS NEVER IN DANGER, BUT DRY CONDITIONS HELPED FUEL THE FIRE AND MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE.

NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN.