Tuesday afternoon the Mount Pleasant Fire Department received a report of a structure fire at 1854 200th Street north of Mount Pleasant. Eight fire fighters, a brush truck, one tanker and one engine responded to find the fire already out. The property owner was burning vegetation around a chicken coop. The crew did spray water on areas that were still smoldering.
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