I turn that way, and I saw a wall of fire, only, say, 20 yards from our window,” said Mike Springall, 75, whose condo with wife Mary Ann, also 75, is in the 700 block of Middleton Drive Southwest.

Officials say there is no threat to public safety, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring the fire overnight.

North Iowa experienced strong storms during the overnight hours and damage has been reported in towns across the region.

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning.July ...