News : Fire damages rural Vinton farm building

Local firefighters battled a farm building fire Sunday morning.

Gary Marlow walked from his home on 54th Street to the corner of 24th Ave. Drive to retrieve his Sunday issue of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, but discovered some other news: A fire in a neighbor’s farm building.

Marlow noticed smoke coming from a shed at the Peterman farm at 5515 24th Avenue Drive. He dialed 911 but the building was engulfed in flames before firefighters arrived. Local firefighters hauled water from Vinton and spent a couple hours at the scene.

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