Rock Valley, Iowa — The occupants of a Rock Valley home are living elsewhere after a fire on Monday, December 29, 2025.
According to Rock Valley Fire Chief Brent Eshuis, at about 4:40 p.m., the Rock Valley Fire Department was called to the report of an attic fire at 732 Riverview Drive in Rock Valley.
When they got there, the chief says the fire department saw lots of smoke coming from the attic. He says they went in through the garage and took a ladder to the attic, applied water, and made a couple of roof vents.
Eshuis says no injuries were reported.
He says the occupants had been heating a water line in the attic to thaw it. The area above the garage also included a bedroom and a bathroom, and the water line was for the bathroom.
The fire department was assisted by the Hull and Sioux Center fire departments, the Rock Valley and Hull Ambulance squads, and Sioux County Emergency Management, who brought their drone.
Chief Eshuis reports that the damage was major, and the home is currently uninhabitable.
He says the firefighters who responded were on the scene for between two and a half and three hours.
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