MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fire crews respond to a possible car explosion and fire in north Moorhead. The call to 904 20th Street North came in just after 10 a.m. Battalion Chief Matt Brand says crews could see smoke coming from the roof, but contained the fire to the garage. Brand says there is no fire damage to the roof…
BAGLEY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Five brothers who were injured in a storage unit explosion near Bagley, Minnesota remain hospitalized with burns. A GoFundMe account created by their older sister, Kyra Frank, says the boys were airlifted in critical condition to the burn center in the Twin Cities. Their burns range from 5% to 55% and the boys are in stable…
BAGLEY, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man and five children were injured in an explosion and fire at a storage unit north of Bagley in northern Minnesota at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson says people passing by stopped to help. He says the investigation determined that the explosion was triggered when the man lit a cigarette after…
DASSEL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Meeker County are investigating a weekend explosion that left a man from Dassel dead. The sheriff’s office says Jeffery Holmquist, 46, was the victim of a gas explosion inside a fish house that caused severe burns to his body. Deputies say Holmquist was airlifted to the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center Saturday morning, where he…
Photo: Joe JacobsonJAMESTOWN, N.D.(KVRR/KFGO) — An investigation is underway in Jamestown after an explosion and fire injured one person and caused extensive damage to a house and neighboring property. Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the house and garage were on fire when firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m. A 55-year-old resident suffered severe burns and was flown to a Minneapolis hospital….
HIBBING, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – One man is dead and seven people injured after an explosion at a campfire, north of Hibbing. Law enforcement and first responders were called to French Township, just before 8:30 p.m. Friday night. They found a group of family and friends gathered to enjoy the holiday weekend. While the group was preparing the campfire, an unknown flammable…
PRINCETON, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A fatal home explosion in Princeton Tuesday morning is under investigation. Chief Deputy Sheriff Aaron Evenson, with the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office, says emergency dispatch received multiple 911 calls just before 4 a.m. of a possible explosion. When deputies arrived, they found a “large debris field” on fire. A search of the debris turned…
PLUMMER, Minn. (KVRR) — A 13-year-old boy is burned after an explosion while putting gas into an ATV. It happened Sunday at a gas station in Plummer, Minnesota. Red Lake County Sheriff Mitch Bernstein says the boy was taken to Sanford in Thief River Falls and then flown to the Hennepin County Burn Center. His condition is not known at…
HOFFMAN, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — Several crews responded to a fire at the Hoffman grain elevator Friday night. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, they received multiple 911 calls reporting an explosion and fire at the grain elevator just before 8 o’clock. A social media post stated the elevator was on fire and officials were asking the public to stay…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A silo fire in Douglas County leads to an explosion in Orange Township, leaving one injured. The Osakis Fire Department and Douglas County Deputies responded to the fire on the 13000 block of Cemetery Road. Fire crews say the top of the silo blew off. Two fire trucks were struck by the top of the…
