Fires

A woman was killed Tuesday in a house fire in rural Cedar County, according to a news release from the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office.

One person was killed in a fire at a town house in Tiffin Sunday morning, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

A neighbor stepped outside to let the dogs out early Sunday and saw flames coming from the nearby home.

Four birds — two red-tailed hawks, one Harris’ hawk, and one gyrfalcon — were killed in a fire Friday morning at the Iowa Raptor Project, a raptor conservation center in Solon, which is jointly sponsored by the University of Iowa and and Kirkwood Community College.

One person was injured in a fire that broke out in an apartment in Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

Several thefts have been reported at an apartment building in northeast Cedar Rapids where a fire broke out last month, killing one person.

A 123-year-old former elementary school in the town of Rockford was destroyed by fire last week. To fight the fire, water was pulled from the Shell Rock River and shuttled to the scene.

Cedar Rapids firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at a Long John Silver’s in southwest Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is planning over the next several months to make revisions to its current strategic plan, which was implemented in July 2022 and was meant to last through fiscal year 2027.

A 71-year-old woman has been identified by police as the person who was killed in a fire at an apartment building in Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon.

One person died and three were hospitalized after a fire broke out at an apartment building in northeast Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.

A residence on M Avenue NW had “major” damage after an early morning fire on Sunday.