Firefighters in Elizabeth Township say they spent more than four hours at the scene of a house fire in the township after a nearby hydrant experienced a “catastrophic failure.” Crews were dispatched ...
FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI) - A 9-year-old boy in Iowa is being rewarded for taking action that helped the fire department save lives. City and state crews have been clearing snow from Fort Dodge’s ...
Firefighters battled a house fire in freezing conditions Sunday afternoon in Sunset Park, contending with a car blocking a ...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Many fires this time of year are often connected to trying to keep up with cold weather. About 46% of heater-related fires occur during the winter in the U.S., and local ...
Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than ...
"I wanted to help people out and be a hero," the boy said while speaking to a local news outlet Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...