Officials with the Stuart Police Department, Friday, said an investigation into a fire at a storage unit in Stuart on November 26th has concluded, and no charges will be filed at this time. Just before 1-a.m. on the 26th a fire was reported at a storage facility at 515 W. Front St. in Stuart, IA. The Stuart Fire Department arrived within minutes of the call and with help from neighboring fire departments extinguished the fire over the next few hours. Unfortunately, the fire destroyed an entire storage building, consisting of 26 storage units. Many of the occupied storage units suffered complete losses of the contents inside. There were no injuries reported.

The Stuart Police Department, Stuart Fire Department and the State Fire Marshall’s Office investigated the fire. It was determined that the fire originated in a storage unit occupied by two people at the time of the fire. The fire was most likely unintentionally caused by the activities of the occupying party. The cause for the fire has been classified as undetermined.

Authorities say pending any new information, the investigation into the cause of the fire will be considered closed.