Aquarium shatters in Cedar Rapids, puts out fire

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CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) -- A large aquarium has likely saved a Cedar Rapids home that caught fire.

The aquarium shattered at Ricky Kuda's home Friday morning after a transformer beneath the aquarium caught fire. The water from the aquarium extinguished the fire.

Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow says the damage would have been much more extensive if the aquarium hadn't shattered. Buelow says the aquarium was about 4 feet wide.

No one was injured in the fire, but all of the fish in the tank died.

Buelow says the house sustained moderate smoke damage.