Lang
2/27/24
One of three people injured in a Tiffin house fire has now died.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as 34-year-old James Christensen. Deputies were called to Christensen’s Stephans Street duplex at 8:45 Sunday morning for a welfare check. Investigators made contact with a resident at the home, and a short time later a fire developed. The fire spread to the adjoining duplex. Both residences were occupied, and the occupants were evacuated.
Fire departments from Tiffin, Coralville, Iowa City, North Liberty and Oxford extinguished the blaze. Both duplex units sustained heavy fire and smoke damage.
Christensen was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he later died.
Two Johnson County Deputies were treated and released.
Six people were displaced by the fire. The incident is still under investigation.