DATE & TIME: December 9, 2020
INCIDENT TYPE: One room fire on second floor
ADDRESS/LOCATION:1660 White ST

Incident Description:
 
Report of a house fire with possible occupants.  Call reported at 0751 am. Fire department units arrived at 0754 and found heavy fire and smoke on the second floor of a masonry house with fire extending out a rear window on the second floor.  Crews entered and confirmed no occupants were in the building while other firefighters used a hose line to hit the fire from the outside rear.  A second hose was taken in to the second floor to extinguish the fire.  Heavy fire damage in one bedroom with smoke damage throughout the second floor.  Power lines to the building burned off and The Fire Marshal is on scene investigating the cause.  No injuries were reported and the fire department is working with occupants on housing needs.
Media Contact:  Assistant Chief on Duty, 563.589.4172.

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