COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – One person has been killed and one injured in a Council Bluffs house fire.
The fire began a little after 7:15 a.m. Friday, and arriving firefighters found two people who already had escaped. Fire Chief Justin James says a disabled man was rescued from the main floor and taken to a hospital. Another person’s body was found in the basement.

The names of those involved haven’t been released. James says the fire likely started in the basement. The cause is being investigated.