CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – One person died after a house fire on Christmas evening in Cedar Rapids.
First responders were called to the 3800 block of Bluebird Dr. SW just before 5:30 p.m. for a house fire. When they arrived, they found an attached garage fully engulfed in flames.
An elderly man was alerted to the fire by the sound of fire alarms. An elderly woman was exposed to smoke as she attempted to escape. She was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead…