Fires

The shed fire is the 11th fire in Cedar Rapids to be attributed to the illegal discharge of fireworks within city limits since July 2, the fire department said.

The Coralville Fire Department responded to a fire at Perkins around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.

The fire early Wednesday in Des Moines destroyed a memorial created last summer by the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement. It honored Black Iowa youth who have died in recent years.

A tornado damaged several buildings and knocked down power lines and trees in Eastern Iowa Sunday night.

Crews found smoke and flames coming from pallets containing shavings of zinc, copper, and other metals.

Fire at Riverview Plaza Condominiums ruled accidental but investigation continues

Ishmael S. Carter, 32, has been charged with first-degree arson and is being held in the Johnson County jail

Fire has destroyed a western Iowa business that made pipe organs for churches, schools and customers from around the world, officials said.

North Liberty Fire Department received a call at 2:16 a.m. of smoke coming from the building

An investigation found that the victim was involved in a disturbance outside a homeless services center with a 37-year-old woman who sprayed the victim with a flammable substance and lit her on fire, police said. The suspect then hit the victim in the face with something.

An accidental fire did an estimated $50,000 in damage overnight.

SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — An evacuation order remained in place Monday for part of a northwest Iowa town as firefighters worked to extinguish a burning train after a weekend derailment.