(Atlantic, Iowa) – Firefighters, Police and EMS responded to a house fire late Monday night, in Atlantic. Fire Chief  Tom Cappel says crews were paged-out to 706 Olive Street, at around 10-p.m. Cappel says “when we arrived on scene we had heavy flames in the basement of the house.  Nobody was living there at the time so we have no injuries. We were on scene for over 2 hours getting all the hot-spots put out.”

The Chief said also the fire remains under investigation, and that he has been in contact with the  State fire Marshal. Cappel thanks Cass EMS, Atlantic Police, the Cass County sheriff’s Department and Iowa State Patrol for assisting with traffic control during the event, as they had to shut down the highway at 7th and Olive street , in order to connect with a hydrant.