Fires

The Thursday afternoon fire at the Iowa Advanced Technology Lab was quickly extinguished. Damage to the building is not expected to impact day-to-day operations, the UI stated in a news release.

6 people injured, high temps may have been a factor

The body that was found after an explosion at a house in rural Buckingham last week has been identified as Roger H. Dehrkoop, 70, the owner of the home.

Greek firefighters found the bodies of 18 people in an area of northeastern Greece ravaged by a major wildfire burning for days, authorities said Tuesday.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department responded to a report of fire at Brucemore Mansion Thursday afternoon, but by the time firefighters arrived the small blaze had already been extinguished by renovation crews, according to a Facebook post from the Fire Department.

Fire and law enforcement personnel found a body near a house that exploded in rural Buckingham Monday morning, according to a news release from the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.

Units in a Cedar Rapids house that caught fire last week have been deemed a nuisance several times since 2014, city records show.

Seven people were taken to the hospital Friday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in an apartment building in Marion, according to a news release from the Marion Fire Department.

The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a backhoe crash, house fire and downed power line on the corner of Fairchild and and Linn streets on Wednesday, according to a news release from the department.

A Cedar Rapids woman who was killed in a garage fire Thursday has been identified as Mia Schmidt, 57, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

A woman was killed Thursday morning in a garage fire in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.

Multiple people were injured in a fire at a Sun Tan City in Marion on Wednesday, according to the Marion Fire Department.