Fire Destroys Vacant Central City House

By Jill Kasparie, Reporter

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Story Created: Dec 20, 2011 at 3:41 AM CDT

Story Updated: Dec 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM CDT

CENTRAL CITY, Iowa A house is a complete loss after crews battled a fire for hours early Tuesday morning.

It happened at around 1:30 a.m. at 8th Street and Commercial Street.

Firefighters say the home was a foreclosure property. No one was living there or inside when they arrived.

Investigators are working to determine a cause. Fire Chief Mark Powell said he suspected it was an electrical fire.

Powell estimated the damage at $50,000.

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