A five-year-old eastern Iowa boy died in a trailer-home fire from which his parents and sister escaped. The midnight Wednesday fire in rural DeWitt killed Jerald “J-T” Yarolem. Investigators say an electric space heater ignited some nearby combustible material. The other three family members had minor injuries.
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