A house fire on South Main Street in Centerville on Friday, Sept. 21 around 3:55 a.m. Photo by Kyle Ocker/Daily Iowegian
CENTERVILLE — An early morning house fire has left a Centerville home on South Main Street destroyed.
The fire call came in around 3:55 a.m. as a fully engulfed residential house fire.
Firefighters from Centerville, the Centerville Police Department and Mercy Ambulance were still on scene as of this report.
The cause of the fire is unknown. No official word has been made on injuries or if there were any occupants in the house at the time of the fire.
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