Alta, IA (KICD) — Fire officials and the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department continue to look for a cause in a weekend fire that destroyed a house in Alta.
Fire Chief Kirk Reetz tells KICD News they were called to 113 West 5th Street around 4pm Saturday in very heavy winds.

The Storm Lake fire department was called for backup. When they had to leave for another emergency crews from Aurelia and Schaller were called in.
Reetz says it took three hours to get the blaze under control and seven more hours to find hotspots.