(KNZA)--A metal storage building and its contests were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning in the southwestern portion of Hiawatha.

According to Hiawatha Fire Department public relations officer Jordanne Shockley, firefighters were called to the fire near 9th and Kickapoo Streets shortly before 1:00. 

Assisting the Hiawatha Fire Department were the Robinson Fire Department, Squad 48, Town and Country EMS, Hiawatha Police Department and Brown County Sheriff's Department.

An investigator from the State Fire Marshal's Office was called in to assist in investigating the cause of the fire.

Shockley said the investigator was on scene after 8:30.

The building was owned by Charlie Baird.

No other information is being released at this time.