Five House Fires Cause No Reported Injuries

Recent residential fires in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Cabri, Saskatchewan; Kansas City, Missouri; Olympia, Washington; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, caused no reported injuries. In Sioux Falls, firefighters extinguished a house fire in about 20 minutes and stayed several hours to check for hot spots; no one was home. A Cabri house fire was determined to be non-criminal, while in Kansas City, one house fire spread to a second home, which partially collapsed. Olympia residents evacuated safely, and crews brought the fire under control; its cause remains under investigation. In Cedar Rapids, firefighters controlled a detached-garage fire in under 20 minutes, and the cause is under investigation.