Iowa Fire News

One person escaped from a burning home early Monday morning in West Des Moines after fire officials say they were woken up by smoke alarms.

VIDEO: Multiple Siouxland Fire Departments responded to a grass fire that quickly turned into a structure fire that destroyed two barns.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says a home was significantly damaged after a fire Thursday night.

The Des Moines Fire Department recorded another year of increased calls for service in 2025. Totaling just under 34,000 calls, calls have increased by almost 10% since 2021.

VIDEO: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has joined the investigation of three “suspicious” fires in Onawa, Iowa.

VIDEO: A mobile medical training unit, known as Simulation in Motion–Iowa, recently arrived at the Eastern Iowa Airport to provide hands-on emergency training for first responders.

Firefighters battled a fire at a DeWitt home Sunday morning. DeWitt firefighters went to the 600 block of 8th Street for a reported structure fire around 6:45 a.m.

Emergency crews responded to a Marion home in the 500 block of 5th Ave. on Saturday morning after a report that gas had been turned on inside the house and threats were made to cause an explosion.

VIDEO: The Independence Fire Department experienced one of its busiest years on record in 2025, responding to 318 calls for service.

VIDEO: The Clinton firefighters union is raising concerns about future staffing as a federal grant that helped fund additional firefighter positions comes to an end later this summer.

Crews report heavy damage to an Iowa City home after fighting the fire in strong winds and freezing temperatures.

VIDEO: Fire crews from at least two towns battled a house fire in southwest Iowa on Monday night. In a Facebook post, the Creston Fire Department said it was fighting a fire in Kent.