Hunter
11/26/23
An overnight fire damaged a residence on the northwest side of Cedar Rapids.
Dispatchers were contacted at 3:48 am Sunday on reports of a fire showing from the outside of a home on the 500 block of M Avenue Northwest.
Upon arrival, firefighters saw fire coming from the front of the residence. While crews attacked the outside, another crew went inside to extinguish the fire.
No one was home at the time of the incident. It’s not known if smoke detectors in the residence were functional.
No damage estimate has been provided; the fire remains under investigation.