The Atlantic Fire Department provided mutual aid to the Guthrie Center Fire Department late Wednesday night in battling a large structure fire in downtown Guthrie Center. According to reports, smoke was reported to be coming from an apartment at 309 1/2 State Street, above the Strawberry Patch clothing store. The incident was called-in at around 10-p.m., Wednesday.

(Photo via the Adair & Guthrie County EMA Facebook page)

Panora Fire was requested for their ladder truck as flames began to appear through the roof of the building by around 10:55-p.m.. Stuart Fire’s ladder truck arrived on the scene at around 11:15-p.m. All agencies battled the blaze for about 4-hours.

No injuries were reported, as several occupants had exited the building prior to firefighters’ arrival. The cause of the blaze was had not yet been made official as of early today. There was said to be significant fire and water damage to the Strawberry Patch building, smoke damage to Dowd Drug Pharmacy, as well as smoke and water damage to the Cabbage Rose building.

Panora EMS, the Iowa State Patrol, Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, and Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Agency also assisted at the scene. The staff at Casey’s in Guthrie Center provided water, Gatorade, pizza and donuts to all the responders.