Fort Madison, IA- One person was hospitalized Wednesday, following a house fire in Fort Madison. According to a news release, Fort Madison Firefighters responded to 1733 Avenue L at about 9:30 PM Wednesday, November 16th, for what was believed to be a basement fire, with a person still inside the house. Fort Madison Police arrived on the scene first and pulled one person from a first-floor window. Fire crews arrived on the scene and located the fire in the room the person had been rescued from and extinguished it. The Pen City Current reports that the person that was rescued, who has yet to be identified, was taken to Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, then transported to Iowa City. The fire remains under investigation by the Fort Madison Fire Department.