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UPDATE: 5 fire departments called to a structure fire in Adams County

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October 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Corning, Iowa) – [In an update to our previous social media posts] – Officials with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office tell KJAN News no injuries were reported following a single-story residential structure fire early this (Tuesday) morning, in Carbon. The call about a blaze at 203 5th Street in Carbon came in at around 1:30-a.m.  Corning and Prescott Fire initially responded to the scene, and would request mutual aid for personnel and equipment from the Villisca, Cumberland and Massena Fire Departments between 1:45 and 2-a.m.

Fire command was terminated but then some crews were recalled at around 4:47-a.m. for a rekindle of the flames. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.