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Neighbors watch as firefighters respond to a structure fire Friday at 2832 Iowa Street. No one was injured in the fire but six people were displaced. The fire started in an unoccupied unit, witnesses said.

September 5, 2008, 4:52 p.m. Updated September 5, 2008, 5:49 p.m.

Photo by John Henry

Firefighters respond to a structure fire Friday at a residence at 2832 Iowa Street. No one was injured in the fire but six people were forced from their homes. The unit where the fire started was unoccupied.

Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical battled a structure fire at a triplex at 2832 Iowa Street.

No one was injured in the fire but six people who lived in the triplex were displaced, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical. Crews responded about 4:20 p.m. to reports of smoke coming from a unit of the apartment complex.

Eight Fire & Medical units were dispatched and 20 personnel were assigned to the incident, according to a media release. One apartment in the unit was unoccupied.

The six occupants of two neighboring units were displaced by the fire and expected to receive assistance from the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross.

The cause of the fire, which caused an estimated $70,000 in damage, remains under investigation.

Fire displaces residents of triplex on Iowa Street

Lawrence firefighters battled an apartment blaze Friday evening at the Hidden Meadow Apartment Complex located in the 2800 block of Iowa Street.

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5 September 2008
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TheOriginalCA (Anonymous) says…

Unoccupied building close to Iowa street burning? Things that make you say “Hmmmm”
5 September 2008
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Piggles (Anonymous) says…

i live behind it… my house smells like smoke! i came home 3:30 nothing then. I got back home 5:30 and walked in my house and thought what is that smell!! I thought my place on fire somewhere! I walked around and saw the triplex with windows upstairs broken out and inside all black. I turned my air on thinking hoping that some of this smell will go away. Any other ideas I appreciate it. Glad no one home but hopefully they have renters insurance.