AREA FIRE CAUSED BY DISHWASHER

SIOUX CITY—LOCAL FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF FIRE THAT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO A LOCAL HOME.
FIREMEN WERE CALLED ABOUT ABOOUT 8:15 TO 16-19 LACY BOULEVARD AND FOUND FLAMES FROM THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE HOME IS OCCUPIED BY HAROLD AND CASANDRA SAUL WHO WERE NOT AT HOME [...]

HISTORIC FIRES IN SIOUX CITY MAY BE RELATED

SIOUX CITY—THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FIRES IN TWO WEEKS IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN SIOUX CITY AND AUTHORITIES NOW BELIEVE THE TWO MAY BE CONNECTED.
A FIRE SATURDAY DAMAGED A BUILDING THAT ONCE HOUSED THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND THE PREVIOUS FIRE ON JUNE 14TH DAMAGED A FORMER BEKINS BUILDING ALONG COURT STREET.
SIOUX CITY FIRE MARSHAL CHUCK [...]

WEEKEND FIRE IN SIOUX CITY SUSPICIOUS

SIOUX CITY—THE WEEKEND FIRE AT THE OLD BEKINS WAREHOUSE BUILDING IN SIOUX CITY IS NOW CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS.
SIOUX CITY FIRE’S PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JOE RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE SUNDAY FIRE AT 208 COURT STREET OCCURRED IN THE BACK SECTION OF THE BUILDING AND STANDS AS A SEPERATE STRUCTURE.
HE SAYS IT APPEARS THAT PART OF A PLYWOOD WALL [...]

SIOUXLANDERS IN HOUSE FIRE

SIOUX CITY—ONE CHILD WAS INJURED AND FOUR OTHERS ESCAPED INJURIES FRIDAY MORNING IN A SIOUX CITY FIRE.
PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER JOE RODRIGUEZ SAYS SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE AT 2007 INGLESIDE AVENUE AT 9:15.
UPON ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS REPORTED HEAVY SMOKE VISIBLE FROM A TWO STORY WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE.
THERE WERE THREE ADULTS AND TWO [...]

DENISON FIRE

DENISON, Iowa—Fire has damaged a building at a pallet company in Denison in western Iowa.
The fire at Krajicek Pallet Inc. broke out late Saturday. Dozens of firefighters from eight departments were called. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Mike McKinnon says there were several small explosions, and the roof of the 30,000 square-foot building
eventually collapsed. [...]

HOAK MOTOR FIRE

SIOUX CITY—FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF A SUNDAY NIGHT FIRE AT HOAK MOTORS IN SIOUX CITY.
PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER JOE RODRIGUEZ SAYS UPON ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS REPORTED SMOKE VISIBLE FROM THE REAR OF THE SERVICE AREA AT 4300 SOUTH GATE DRIVE.
WITH 17 FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SCENE, THE FIRE WAS CONFINED TO THE AUTOMOBILE SERVICE AREA [...]

RECORD LOW TEMPS HINDER FIREFIGHTERS

YANKTON—Ten people were forced out of their apartments early Thursday as Yankton firefighters had to contend with the coldest temperatures of the season while extinguishing a blaze at an apartment complex on the north side of town. The residents were moved to the lobby of an adjacent building for a while as crews fought the [...]

Spencer Fire

Police have arrested the owner of a Spencer home that caught fire on charges of arson. Brenda Heilstedt faces charges of first-degree arson.
Firefighters were called to a Spencer residence around noon on Sunday. Fire Chief Doug Duncan says flames were venting out of the east and south first floor windows and that siding on a [...]

FIRE DESTROYS HORNICK RESTAURANT

DES MOINES, Iowa—A Christmas Eve fire destroyed a restaurant and main gathering spot in the tiny northwestern Iowa community of Hornick.
The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office says officers were called about 8 a.m. Wednesday to a blaze at the Main Street Grill. Chief deputy Greg Logan says the restaurant is a total loss. Brenda Kuhlmann, who [...]

SLOAN FIRE HEAVILY DAMAGES HOME

SLOAN, IOWA—FAULTY WIRING MAY BE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT ALLL BUT DESTROYED A HOME IN RURAL SLOAN.
FIRE BROKE OUT SHORTLY AFTER TWO AT 19-81 290TH STREET.
WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED THE WERE CONFRONTED BY HEAVY SMOKE, FLAMES AND FOUGHT THE BLAZE IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS.
THE HOME IS OWNED BY JIM AND LELA RESICH [...]