Fires

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 …

Firefighters responded at 3:51 p.m. when a 911 caller reported the fire at 488 Drake Street SW, located north of the Kirkwood Community College main campus.

One of two teenagers badly burned in a New Year’s Day cabin fire in west-central Iowa has died of his injuries, officials said.

Firefighters who responded to a house fire early Saturday in the eastern Iowa city of Riverside found the bodies of two people inside.

Investigators said Ryan Thieman, 49, of Marble Rock lost control at about 4:25 a.m. Dec. 21 while driving on southbound I-380 near mile marker 51.

Hy-Vee management called about 8 p.m. to report a fire by their loading dock at the 1720 Waterfront Drive store.

Police are still searching for the driver but found two juveniles who jumped from the vehicle and ran after the crash.

The small north-central Iowa town of Thor took a hit last week when two buildings along its main street were gutted by fire.

A passerby had called in the emergency as well as alerted the man that his home was on fire.

David Costello, 26, is accused of igniting a propane torch head near a natural gas supply line he had opened. A Monticello police officer and a deputy were “consumed in a flash fire” from the resulting explosion.

A jury found Steven Vogel, 32, of Grinnell, guilty of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Michael Williams, 44, whose body was found burning in a rural Jasper County ditch on Sept. 16, 2020.