A house fire northwest of Cedar Falls on Friday night led to two people needing hospitalization, according to fire department officials.
At around 9:13 p.m. on Friday, November 22, firefighters with Cedar Falls Fire Rescue arrived at 8024 Slap Tail Trail after someone reported a fire in the living room of a residence with flames coming out of the front door.
The owner of the home wasn’t on-site but was able to tell crews that three people were in the home. Among them were two children, and an adult with a disability that would require them to be carried from the home.
Firefighters broke a first-floor window in order to remove the adult from the home. Two people were taken to Mercy One Hospital in Cedar Falls with smoke inhalation and non-life-threatening injuries.