Fires

Cedar Rapids firefighters subdued the fire after heat initially forced them from the building. Flames as high as 20 feet in the air were seen flowing out of the building’s roof before the blaze could be subdued.

Shuey’s Restaurant and Lounge in Shueyville will close temporarily after the building was damaged in a fire Saturday.

Authorities have identified a young girl killed in an Eastern Iowa house fire over the weekend.

The fire was reported just after 3:30 a.m. in Greeley, located about 60 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids. The caller said there was a child inside the residence.

A civilian rescued a dog from a house fire Monday morning, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

Marion firefighters responded to a fire at the Marion YMCA on Irish Drive on St. Patrick’s Day. The YMCA will remain closed through the weekend and will open again sometime next week.

Most of Iowa depends on volunteer fire departments to respond to fires and other emergencies, but available volunteers can be hard to find. More and more fire departments are partnering together to make sure they’re prepared.

Geneva Tower residents who had yet to return to their apartments after being dislocated by a fire in February were moved back home this week.

The Joint Communications Agency dispatched every available police officer and firefighter, and police described the incident as Cedar Rapids’ largest-ever high-rise fire.

Authorities are investigating whether heating equipment caused a large fire at the site of Lost Island amusement park being constructed in Waterloo.

Some residents of Geneva Tower moved back into their apartments Thursday after being displaced for more than a week because of a fire in the downtown Cedar Rapids apartment building.

Cedar Rapids fire investigators have determined a fire at Geneva Towers last week was started when smoking materials were left unattended too close to combustible materials.