Chris Stark (contributed)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A GoFundMe has been created for a Fargo man who was electrocuted while working near Argusville last Tuesday, Nov. 5. Chris Stark was electrocuted after grabbing a live power line. Stark is an equipment operator, and grabbed the wire after an excavator dug it up. Stark’s company had been told the line was not active…
*WARNING: VIDEO IS DISTURBING* SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Forman, North Dakota teen is charged after another teen was set on fire in Sargent County last weekend. Sheriff Travis Paeper says 19-year-old Lance Tyler used a torch to light the 15-year-old male victim on fire after he was sprayed with brake cleaner at a party. It happened at a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – According to the American Burn Association, burns are in the top 10 causes of unintentional injuries for children from ages of zero to five. With two years and younger at the greatest risk. If your child has a burn, Kailyn Allen at Sanford says you should not pour really, cold water onto it because that can…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An American Crystal Sugar worker is burned after a pulp dryer started on fire at the plant in East Grand Forks. The worker was taken to Altru Hospital’s emergency room. There’s no report on the extent of their injuries. Firefighters respond to the fire shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. Crews poured water on the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire at a storage complex, that was being illegally inhabited, sends people to the hospital and causes significant damage to multiple units. West Fargo Fire was dispatched to West Fargo Storage Units around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Crews arrived to visible flames. After further investigation, one of the units appeared to be illegally inhabited although…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — One person is taken to the hospital with burns after a fire at an apartment building in Grand Forks. Crews were called to 3400 24th Avenue South around 9:40 Sunday morning on a report of heavy smoke on the third floor. They arrived to find smoke but no active fire. They say a fire extinguisher…
WADENA CO., Minn. — A tragic fire in Wadena County, Minnesota claims the lives of two adults and injures a child. The sheriff’s office was notified of the house fire in Section 32 of Wadena Township around 3:50 Sunday morning. Emergency crews arrived to find a juvenile outside with minor burns. They got two adults out of the house but…
FRAZEE, Minn.–A Frazee man was severely injured after a house caught fire on Monday. The Frazee Fire Department responded to reports of a house fire at approximately 8:20 p.m. in the 500 block of East Main Avenue. Authorities say two dogs perished in the fire and the house was deemed a total loss. The 24-year-old man suffered severe burns and…
BECKER COUNTY, MN — A rural Becker County man is recovering at a Minneapolis hospital after being burned in a fire that destroyed his house over the weekend. A GoFundMe account has been started for Ken Otte who has burns to his hands, arms and face. It says he went to start his propane furnace and it exploded. Authorities say Otte…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. — A Mahnomen, Minnesota man was flown to a Fargo hospital with second degree burns after an assault. The sheriff says Brian Smith told deputies that he was assaulted by three men outside his home late Sunday night. A GoFundMe account says the men beat Brian up, poured gasoline all over him and lit him on fire before…
