Fires

One person has died from injuries sustained in a fire in Independence on Wednesday, according to a Thursday press release from the Independence Fire Department.

Three people were injured in a fire early Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Independence, according to a press release from the Independence Fire Department.

The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a fire early Thursday morning at a University of Iowa residence hall, according to a press release from the fire department.

First responding police officers were able to find a ladder and pull a person from the porch roof of a burning home in Cedar Rapids Thursday night.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a 93-year-old man who died early Sunday morning in a fire in Fairfax.

One person died and two people were injured in a house fire in Fairfax early Sunday morning.

A Mexican restaurant in northeast Cedar Rapids was damaged in a fire that happened just after midnight Thursday morning, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday after police say he started a trash can fire and several smaller fires at Greene Square park while carrying a sword.

Three people were injured Tuesday night in a fire at an apartment building in the 400 block of Jacolyn Drive SW, Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

First responders found a man dead Saturday while putting out a vehicle fire in rural Tama County, according to a press release from Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is working to finish suppressing a tree debris and brush pile fire that has been burning since Tuesday morning at Beverly Gardens Park in southeast Cedar Rapids.

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