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Daily NewslettersGeneva Tower residents who had yet to return to their apartments after being dislocated by a fire in February were moved back home this week.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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 …
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.
