UPDATE: Porta-potty fire at Hiawatha

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3:43 PM: Just in case you visit the park by newly reopened Hiawatha Community Center and wonder about the yellow tape around one of the porta-potties on the wading-pool side – it was damaged by fire about an hour and a half ago. SFD was gone by the time we got there, but at one point they were asking for police to take “witness statements,” according to a dispatch; no police incident logged, though, so we’re asking SFD about the cause.

6:14 PM: They’re only saying that the cause “is under investigation.”

Grateful for Hiawatha Honey Buckets February 28, 2026 (4:29 am)

These Honey Buckets are so appreciated by those of us who use the park. Even with the reopening of the community center, I am hoping these can remain for those of us early morning or evening walkers and runners, dog walkers, playground kids, sports activities, etc. They have certainly been damaged and used for drug activities before, but never set on fire in broad daylight if I understand the article correctly. C’mon whoever did this, find a new way to have fun that doesn’t impact our community!

LJJ February 28, 2026 (9:49 am)

Yeah, I drove by as firefighters were dealing with it. There here high schoolers all over the area, climbing structures, playing on the field, who were all skipping the school assembly that was taking place at that time. I wonder who did it, though.. (sarcastically).