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Friday, May 10, 2013  Four adults and three kids escaped safely from their burning home this evening.

Friday, April 26, 2013  A house fire in Agency on Friday was caused by a clothes dryer catching on fire.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  The Ottumwa Fire Department urges the importance of smoke detectors after the fifth fire in four days.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Firefighters are investigating after a fire engulfs a home in Bevier.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Around noon Monday, fire crews were called to the Brenda Walter residence on Love Trail in extreme southwest Adair County.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that killed two adults and five children in rural Kentucky.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The fire department was called to a home in the 700 block of West Patterson St. around 8 o'clock Friday evening.

Friday, February 01, 2013  The Oskaloosa Fire Department received the call at 3:49 Thursday morning.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  On New Year’s Eve, a fire tore through one of the trailers at the Golden Arrow trailer park on Ottumwa’s southeast side and on Saturday, a fire left a Fairfield family homeless after a fire destroyed their home.

Friday, December 28, 2012  Officials say it's imperative to have your chimney cleaned once a year

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Chris Archer recalls the moments leading up to the Thanksgiving morning fire that destroyed his home.

Friday, November 23, 2012  The Archer Family of Lancaster is left with nothing, after their home caught fire. Fire crews battled the flames for three hours.

Saturday, November 10, 2012 

Saturday, November 10, 2012 

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The investigation is continuing into an election night fire in Kirksville.