Fires

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.

Volunteers met at Clean Laundry Friday afternoon to wash laundry for displaced Geneva Tower residents.

Residents of Geneva Tower, an apartment building that houses seniors and adults with disabilities in southeast Cedar Rapids, eager to return home after being displaced by a fire early Sunday morning.

One resident of the senior-housing building was transported to a specialty treatment center for smoke inhalation and possible heat-related injuries, according to a Sunday morning news release.

SWISHER — Cedar Rapids and Swisher firefighters rescued a man Thursday afternoon who was trapped in a corn grain silo …