MASON CITY – Mason City emergency responders were at a scene that involved an SUV that was on fire Friday evening at about 7 PM just northwest of East Park, at North Carolina Avenue and 7th Street NE.
Not many details are yet available. It was said a medical examiner was en route to the location. Yellow police tape was strung up back in the wooded area that was once a neighborhood but had been flooded out in 2008. Smoke and steam emanated from the SUV as fire fighters lingered nearby. Mason City police squad cars had the area west of Carolina Ave. blocked off.
NIT will attempt to get more information from authorities after they have had time to sort out the situation.