US EditionFire Breaks Out at Building in Albia Town Square
ALBIA, IOWA, JUL 14 – Seven fire departments worked through the day to contain a fire that caused partial collapse of the historic R.O. Cramer building, displacing residents and damaging multiple businesses.
- A fire broke out shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Monday in the historic R.O. Cramer Building in Albia's town square, which houses three businesses and six apartments.
- The fire is believed to have originated in an apartment located at the rear of the building, though the precise cause has not yet been determined as the investigation is ongoing.
- Seven fire departments joined Albia crews to fight the difficult black smoke and heat while protecting nearby businesses and evacuating residents quickly.
- Smoke from the fire was visible up to 10 miles away, and all tenants except one were accounted for upon emergency responders' arrival; displaced residents received Red Cross aid.
- Most of the historic building was intentionally knocked down to stop the fire's spread, and the investigation involves multiple agencies with human remains found after the blaze.
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Carroll Times HeraldFire victim has been found at R.O. Cramer building site
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department has announced that at approximately 8:47 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15 human remains were found at the site of the R.O. Cramer building fire on the south side of the Albia square.
"It's like a death in the family." Albia residents mourn torched town square
ALBIA, Iowa -- Residents gathered in Albia's town square to watch as firefighters fought a massive fire that burnt the R-O Cramer building to the ground Monday. "It's like a death in the family," said Jackie Maddy, a lifelong Albia Resident. "You know, and granted, it's a building. But, you know, the, the town's celebration is based around these old buildings, restoration days." Maddy said it wasn't easy watching the R-O building burn down. "Whe…
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