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Second fire in a week at Hiawatha apartment building called suspicious
Firefighters returned to a Hiawatha apartment complex for the second time in a week late Thursday night.
Crews from Hiawatha, along with police from Hiawatha and Robbins arrived at at 285 Robins Rd. in Hiawatha around 10:30 p.m. to find apartment residents standing outside in the snow.
Fire officials, along with witnesses, say that there was a small fire in a utility closet that one of the residents was able to put out with an apartment extinguisher. Saturday's fire also occurred in the same utility closet.
Nobody was injured in the fire. Officials are still investigating the fire, which they are calling suspicious.
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Hiawatha firefighters and police investigate a suspicious fire at 285 Robins Rd. late Thursday night. No one was hurt. (Spencer Willems/The Gazette)
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