(Jamaica, Iowa) –  Officials with the Yale Fire Department reports crews from Yale and nine other area fire departments, responded at around 6:30-p.m., Thursday, to a house fire in Jamaica. According to a Yale VFD social media post, the house was fully engulfed in flames when the first crews arrived. Those same crews quickly went to work getting everything set up for water supply. Among the fire departments responding to the call for Mutual Aid, was:

Fire officials said “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. We are thankful for all the help we received from surrounding departments.”Additional information was not immediately available.