The Hiawatha Fire Department was called out early Thursday to battle a house structure fire at 900 Iowa Street. Fire Chief Patrick Sheldon said the homeowner awoke to smoke shortly after 2 a.m. and called 911. The HFD was called out at 2:22 a.m. and arrived to see the house ablaze. “When we arrived the house was roughly 50 percent fully engulfed,” Sheldon said. The homeowners were able to make it safely out, Sheldon said. Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly 2 more hours before bringing it under control by about 4 a.m. The HFD made use of its ladder truck to rise above the house and hit the roof with water.