Little Damage as Third Covered Bridge Set Afire

A third covered bridge was set on fire near the setting of “The Bridges of Madison County,” but passersby doused the blaze before it caused much damage, sheriff’s officials said.

The 97-foot-long Hogback Bridge, built in 1884, was set on fire Saturday, Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Craig Busch said. Two days earlier, a fire destroyed a covered bridge near Delta. That bridge burned on the one-year anniversary of an arson fire at the famed Cedar Bridge in Madison County.

Saturday’s fire was believed to be arson, Busch said.