Lightning sets transformer on fire at Oelwein business
S Frederick Ave, Oelwein, IA 50662 - 6/11/2026 10:48 AM
As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a business on South Frederick Avenue in Oelwein for a transformer that was reportedly struck by lightning and is on fire on a pole. The building itself is reported not to be on fire, and responders were directed to enter through the north gate.
Fayette County Fire
01:12
Transcript
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Attention, Oelwein Fire Department.
00:01
I need you at Hub City Bodensteiner Implement in Oelwein.
00:06
That address, (number withheld) South Fred, (number withheld) South Frederick Avenue in Oelwein.
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