Fire damages Lumberyard adult entertainment club in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS - A fire Sunday afternoon at a Cedar Rapids adult entertainment club left the building with moderate fire damage and extensive smoke damage.

Fire crews were called to the Lumberyard, 5910 Fourth St. SW, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of a fire alarm with water flow at the business. As firefighters arrived, they noticed water flowing from the club's door and smoke inside the building. Heavy smoke and activated sprinklers greeted firefighters as they entered.

Officials said in a news release that the fire alarm and sprinkler system worked as designed and helped save the structure, as the sprinklers kept the fire under control until firefighters entered and finished extinguishing a small fire in the center of the building. The heavy smoke was then ventilated.

The fire has displaced the building's occupants, according to officials.

No one was in the building when the fire broke out. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.