A dead body was found by search and rescue crews in the basement of a rural Jasper County home that caught fire Saturday night.
According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, a fire at a residence in the 8800 block of 52nd Avenue West, near Colfax, was reported around 10:45 p.m. Saturday. When fire crews arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames with unknown occupants.
As crews worked to put out the fire, they learned there may be one individual inside the home. Crews from several agencies worked throughout the night conducting a search and recovery for the occupant, but the process was slowed by the heat of the fire and the removal of debris by heavy equipment.
At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, crews located the body of a deceased individual in the home's basement.
KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines
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An Urbandale hotel set off a three alarm fire before 8:45 a.m. on Douglas Avenue.
Econo Lodge in Urbandale had multiple crews responded shortly before 9 a.m., with fire crews getting reports from hotel occupants that the inside of the building was on fire.
According to the Urbandale Fire Department, the fire was in the walls and spread to the second floor of the building and expanded into the attic space. Crews were actively fighting the fire for only around an hour.
The fire response was large. There were ten different responding units. Luckily, there were no injuries, but 8 hotel rooms are damaged and 24 rooms are unoccupiable.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated, it is not deemed suspicious according to department.
WHO-TV NBC 13 Des Moines
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Bettendorf firefighters spent the early hours of St. Patrick’s Day fighting a structure fire.
Firefighters with Bettendorf Fire Rescue responded to a residential structure fire in the 1100 block of Kimberly Road on Sunday, March 17 at 2:42 a.m. When first responders entered the building, they found heavy smoke and some flames. They quickly extinguished the fire and conducted interior searches throughout the home while other companies searched nearby homes. No fires were found and firefighters cleared light smoke from those homes. One person was home at the time of the fire, but self-evacuated by the time fire crews arrived.
The home is uninhabitable due to fire and smoke damage and utilities have been shut off. The investigation is ongoing and no injuries were reported.
KLJB-TV FOX 18 Davenport
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