DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A workday became eventful for Rhonda Taylor, a Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) bus operator. She noticed something didn’t look right when she drove through an East Des Moines neighborhood last week and came across a cloud of billowing smoke coming from a home. She honked a few times but saw no response.
“I jumped out the bus, I ran over, I started banging on the door, the windows and everything to make noise for somebody to come out,” Taylor described.
Des Moines Fire Department crews were called and quickly extinguished the fire. The homeowner shared that the fire started from hot cooking oil. Now, a corner of the carport is charred and the soil has burn marks, but the home had no damage…