THERE IS A CENTER OPEN THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO. WE’RE FOLLOWING UP NOW WITH A GARAGE FIRE THAT HAPPENED IN DES MOINES EARLIER THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED AROUND 730 NEAR THE 1100 BLOCK OF 22ND STREET. ENGINE FOUR, ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WAS THE FIRST TO RESPOND, AND REPORTS SAID THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS COULD ACTUALLY SEE HEAVY SMOKE SHOWING EVEN FROM THEIR STATION WHILE THEY WERE JUST GETTING OUT THE DOOR TO RESPOND. AND WE TALKED TO A WITNESS WHO HAD A WEDDING EQUIPMENT IN THIS GARAGE. CARBON WAS IT WAS PUT OUT LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE HERE UNTIL 11 P.M. IT WAS PUT OUT. AND THEN THE NEIGHBOR, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, CALLED US LIKE AT EIGHT. AND HE SAID THAT THE GARAGE WAS ON FIRE AGAIN. SO WE LOOKED OVER AND IT WAS ON FIRE. ALL OUR WEDDING EQUIPMENT WAS ON FIRE.

Des Moines garage fire reignites hours after being extinguished

Updated: 5:56 PM CST Jan 18, 2026

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A garage fire in Des Moines reignited early Sunday morning in the 1100 block of 22nd Street, damaging wedding equipment stored inside after firefighters had initially extinguished it Saturday night.The fire occurred around 7:30 a.m., with Engine 4 being the first to respond. Reports indicated that firefighters could see heavy smoke from their station while en route to the scene.Owner Mario Santos, who had wedding equipment in the garage, said, “What happened was it was put out last night. They were here until 11 p.m. It was put out. And then one of our neighbors called us at like 8, and he said that the garage was on fire again. So we looked over and over it was on fire, all of our wedding equipment was on fire.”Investigators are still unsure of the cause of the fire.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

A garage fire in Des Moines reignited early Sunday morning in the 1100 block of 22nd Street, damaging wedding equipment stored inside after firefighters had initially extinguished it Saturday night.

The fire occurred around 7:30 a.m., with Engine 4 being the first to respond. Reports indicated that firefighters could see heavy smoke from their station while en route to the scene.

Owner Mario Santos, who had wedding equipment in the garage, said, “What happened was it was put out last night. They were here until 11 p.m. It was put out. And then one of our neighbors called us at like 8, and he said that the garage was on fire again. So we looked over and over it was on fire, all of our wedding equipment was on fire.”

Investigators are still unsure of the cause of the fire.