CEDAR RAPIDS, I.A. (KELO.com) – At approximately 4:44 p.m. Saturday, dispatchers with the Cedar Rapids Joint Communications Agency received a report of a fire and explosion at the Quaker Oats plant in downtown Cedar Rapids.
When emergency crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the north side of the building. Responders immediately began accounting for personnel and working to contain the fire.
Additional resources were called to the scene, including units from Marion, Hiawatha and Linn County, as well as Area Ambulance Service…