The Winterset community is supporting a local first responder and his family after losing their home to a house fire earlier in this week.
"I heard the fire alarms in the fire station going off in right next to the fire station. there were a lot of trucks that went out. So, I was very curious like, 'Oh gosh, something bad happened,'" said Elysabeth Grose.
Grose's pet grooming business is a few doors down for the Winterset Fire Department. She claimed she knew it wouldn't be long after the sirens started around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday before the community would find out what happened.
"It's a small town, so word gets around," Grose said.
The home, which was fully engulfed by flames, belonged to Jeff Johnston, Winterset's assistant fire chief.