(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Fire Department responded to a residential fire early Monday morning after receiving a report of a working house fire with an adult female trapped in the basement.
Crews were dispatched at 4:24 a.m. to Zone 410 and arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from the back of the home. Firefighters searched for the woman while working to extinguish the fire.
The victim was located in the basement, removed from the home and transported to a local hospital. Crews also found a deceased dog in the same room where the victim was located.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Fire Marshal Division.
