Sheriff's Office: 5 People Dead in Iowa House Fire Fire crews retrieved five bodies from the remains of a home that was destroyed by a blaze early Friday, authorities said. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office received a call at 3:35 a.m. about a home on fire. Several fire crews responded and found the house fully engulfed in flames. The fire burned through the building, leaving just a charred pile of smoking metal and siding. Ron Humphrey with the State Fire Marshal said the property was damaged so badly it would be difficult to collect enough evidence to determine the cause of the fire. Authorities spent several hours Friday looking for the fifth body, which was recovered by early afternoon from the rural home near the small city of Arlington, about 125 miles northeast of Des Moines. Humphrey added that the house was owned by an elderly man who rented part of it out to others. No additional information about the victims has been released. The bodies will be sent to the state medical examiner's office to confirm their identities. Several agents with the State Fire Marshal remain on the scene, with assistance from the Iowa Department Of Criminal Investigation.