Algna, Iowa — One person died in a large, northern Iowa fire Sunday morning. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, the fire was reported just before 4:30 a.m. at an acreage in rural Titonka. A female caller told dispatch she was woken up by the power going out in her house, and she could see the glow of fire at their workshop outbuilding west of the house. The woman also told dispatch she didn’t know where her husband was and that he had been out in the workshop earlier in the night.

The workshop building was fully engulfed in flames when crews from Titonka, Kossuth County and Bancroft arrived. 45-year-old Brian Leroy Janssen was found dead inside the building.

Janssen’s remains will be taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for autopsy to determine the cause of death. The State Fire Marshall’s Office is assisting in the investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office press release