-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
The rear of a home at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. was heavily damaged by a fire Sunday evening. The fire, caused by a problem with a meat smoker, started outside the house and spread to the interior. No one was injured. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Extensive fire damage is visible on the northeast corner of a house at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. The Sunday evening blaze was caused by a meat smoker outside the house and flames spread to the interior. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Extensive fire damage is visible on the northeast corner of a house at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. The Sunday evening blaze was caused by a meat smoker outside the house and flames spread to the interior.
-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge Fire Department vehicles fill the parking lot of the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 Friday morning. A fire there sent two people to the hospital and heavily damaged one guest room. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
A Fort Dodge firefighter cleans up broken glass following a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 Friday morning. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge firefighters work at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 after extinguishing a fire there Friday morning. A woman and a child suffered smoke inhalation in the blaze, which gutted one room of the hotel.