MILTONA, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a house fire Sunday afternoon near Miltona, north of Alexandria, Minnesota. The homeowner says the house was evacuated after he noticed smoke and flames around 3:45 p.m. When deputies arrived on scene, they say a shed, car port and SUV were already destroyed, and the west side of the…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The American Red Cross Minnesota-Dakotas Region says its seeing an uptick in home fires during the winter months due to the colder weather, space heaters, electrical issues, and holiday decorations. “I think we’ve seen over 20% increase as a region just in the last couple weeks of home fires,” said Kimberly Vosseteig, Executive Director of the Red…
1754 39th Street South, FargoFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo family has been displaced after a kitchen fire damaged their apartment. Fargo Fire responded to a fire alarm at an apartment complex just south of West Acres Mall around 1:30 this afternoon. They arrived to heavy smoke in a first-floor unit and a fire on the stovetop, which they quickly…
BRANDON, Minn. (KVRR) — Three structures including two houses are lost in a fire Monday afternoon in rural Brandon, Minnesota. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a motorist on County Road 8 NW called 911 to report the fire around 1:25 p.m. When crews arrived the garage and an abandoned house nearby were fully engulfed in flames. Southerly winds pushed the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A two-day, cross-city “Battle of the Badges” blood donation challenge has been launched. The battle run by the American Red Cross invites members of the community to donate blood and choose which department they want to support. Today, they were set up at the Moorhead Public Library. Fargo Police have won the title in recent years….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A family is displaced from their home in Moorhead after an afternoon fire. Moorhead Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. to 311 14th Street North in Moorhead. When they got there, they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-floor window. Firefighters quickly put out the fire contained to an upstairs bedroom. No one was…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A fire spreads from a porch into a house and causes severe damage in Lake Mary Township near Alexandria, just south of I-94. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was alerted about the fire around 5:45 this morning. They say several people had evacuated the house by the time they arrived. It is believed the cause of…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An Osakis, Minnesota couple returned home Friday afternoon to find their house was fully engulfed in flames. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a house on fire around 2 p.m. along Calvary Road Northeast. Two fire departments responded and put out the blaze but the home is considered a complete loss. The cause…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was an abrupt morning for tenants located at the 3315 Broadway North Apartment building as a structure fire from within the building had residents evacuated. “Crews stretched lines and got a quick attack on the fire. The fire was contained pretty much in the one room. Some fire did come up on the outside of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Here is a unique way to increase blood donations: give donors a free 12-ounce beer Drekker Brewing Company partnering with the American Red Cross for a community blood drive. March is Red Cross Month. They provide about 40% of the nation’s blood and blood cell component supply to save lives. In the United States every two…
