Cedar Rapids expected to crest at 26 feet at Burlington , Iowa , on Sunday . Farmer and student among five fire - related deaths , official says . `` So something with that rarity of an event , there is no playbook to go by . '' Fire official calls Cedar Rapids neighborhoods , home to 24,000 people , unsafe . Resident Tracy Murphy upon returning to house : ` ` My whole , entire life is gone ''
Cedar Rapids expected to crest at 26 feet at Burlington , Iowa , on Sunday . Farmer and student among five fire - related deaths , official says . Fire official calls Cedar Rapids neighborhoods , home to 24,000 people , unsafe . Resident Tracy Murphy upon returning to house : ` ` My whole , entire life is gone ''