FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A pet has died and people are displaced after a house fire in the 1500 block of 6th Street South in Fargo. Fire crews responded around 5 p.m. and were able to confine the fire damage to just one room of the house but there is smoke damage throughout the structure. All occupants were able to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Fire Department has suddenly and temporarily closed Fire Station 5 for reconstruction and renovation work. The work comes after staff at the station noticed shifting and cracks on the building five years ago. While they had been able to work and keep staff in, a recent engineering assessment determined the southern portion of the building…
FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo Fire says a charging e-bike battery caused a fire inside an apartment Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 at an apartment at 1781 35th Street South, just east of I-29. The building’s sprinkler system activated and put the fire out. Fire damage was limited, but the unit has smoke and water damage as…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A damaged e-bike battery that was on a charger and started on fire has caused $10,000 in damage to an apartment unit at 202 6th Avenue North, Fargo. Fire crews responded to this three story apartment building just after 9 a.m. They arrived to heavy smoke coming from the first floor unit and were able to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –Burning curtains in a basement bedroom are being blamed for a twin home fire in south Fargo Sunday afternoon. Multiple fire crews and police responded to the multi-family around 4:30 p.m. The house is located at 1738 50th Street South in Fargo, a few blocks west of Home Depot. Fargo Fire Battalion Chief Joe Mangin says the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Multiple fire crews and police responded to a multi-family house around 4:30 this afternoon. The house is located at 1738 50th Street South in Fargo, a few blocks west of Home Depot. When KVRR arrived on scene around 6 p.m., fire crews were still busy going in and out of the home. You could see smoke…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A family member of missing 19-year-old Arthur Wiebe says the search is over after Wiebe’s body was found in the Red River late Thursday. Wiebe had been missing since he walked away from his family’s shop in the 4100 block of 34th Avenue South in Moorhead on Monday around 10 p.m. He did not have a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A semi was headed north through Fargo on I-29 when the rear-axle caught fire. The driver attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher. A state trooper stopped and used his fire extinguisher to help get the fire out. Fargo fire crews also came to the rescue. The damage was contained to the axle and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Fire Department is preparing to open its newest station, its 8th, in far south Fargo. The station is located near the 64th Avenue South overpass. The current southernmost fire station is located on 25th Street near 32nd Avenue South, about 30 blocks north of the new station. Once completed it will also house water rescue…
FARGO (KVRR) — A Fargo Fire Department Firetruck was involved with a crash with a motorcycle at the intersection of 45th St. and 40th Ave. S in Fargo, resulting in serious injuries to the motorcyclist. The crash occurred just before noon. The firetruck, driven by Fargo Fire Department’s Andrew Payne, had its lights and sirens on, and was heading north…
