A fire destroyed a rural structure in Bagley earlier this month. 

According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, the Bagley, Yale and Jamaica fire departments, along with the Sheriff’s Office and Panora EMS responded at roughly 10:30 a.m. May 1st to a report of a structure fire in Bagley. Bagley Fire Chief Jeremy Cooper said the believed cause was an electrical issue, coupled with intense winds that caused a detached garage to catch fire. 

Cooper said the building was a total loss but there was no other property damage, including the detached house that was nearby the garage. Cooper added, there were no injuries reported from the fire.