Jun 7, 2026 · 42 min · 14 segments
Firefighters are called to the scene of an Iowa family’s home to find the residence up in flames. As the smoke clears, they discover the charred remains of a man and question whether the fire and his…
It's a quiet Saturday morning in Centerville, Iowa, but for one local man, the weekend starts with an unexpected emergency.
As he was leaving town, he drove by South Park and noticed smoke coming from the residence.
Neighbors help each other out.
He stopped and tried to see if there was anything he could do to, to render assistance.
Uncertain if anyone is inside the home, he calls 911.
[siren blaring]
Fire department.
Attention, this is fire department.
Please respond for mutual aid in Centerville for a house fire.
We knew that this was the home of Tim and Barb Pazda because, um, their kids associated with my kids.
Soon as they opened up the door, they was met with a dog that come running out and then heavy black smoke from floor to ceiling.
Once they discovered that, they'd started to advance on down the hallway into the room, where they seen, um, some fire in there.
The fire, at that point, was contained primarily to a master bedroom on the southeast corner of the residence.
We're gonna go check the fire.
The blaze is extinguished before it engulfs the house, but as the smoke starts to settle, firefighters make a gruesome discovery.
Sir, fire, somebody's in there.
We're gonna need an ambulance.
10-93.
On the bed, they find the charred remains of a middle-aged man.
Although the damage to his body is severe, first responders know the family well enough to recognize the victim is 50-year-old Tim Pazda.
Since we know that there's a body inside of the structure, um, it changes the content of everything.
We got another team together which ended up doing the search of the entire house because, do we got more people in here?
Several people tried to make contact with Barb.
It's a quiet Saturday morning in Centerville, Iowa, but for one local man, the weekend starts with an unexpected emergency.
As he was leaving town, he drove by South Park and noticed smoke coming from the residence.
Neighbors help each other out.
He stopped and tried to see if there was anything he could do to, to render assistance.
Uncertain if anyone is inside the home, he calls 911.
[siren blaring]
Fire department.
Attention, this is fire department.
Please respond for mutual aid in Centerville for a house fire.
We knew that this was the home of Tim and Barb Pazda because, um, their kids associated with my kids.
Soon as they opened up the door, they was met with a dog that come running out and then heavy black smoke from floor to ceiling.
Once they discovered that, they'd started to advance on down the hallway into the room, where they seen, um, some fire in there.
The fire, at that point, was contained primarily to a master bedroom on the southeast corner of the residence.
We're gonna go check the fire.
The blaze is extinguished before it engulfs the house, but as the smoke starts to settle, firefighters make a gruesome discovery.
Sir, fire, somebody's in there.
We're gonna need an ambulance.
10-93.
On the bed, they find the charred remains of a middle-aged man.
Although the damage to his body is severe, first responders know the family well enough to recognize the victim is 50-year-old Tim Pazda.
Since we know that there's a body inside of the structure, um, it changes the content of everything.
We got another team together which ended up doing the search of the entire house because, do we got more people in here?
Several people tried to make contact with Barb.
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