FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A small kitchen fire in a south Fargo townhouse causes $20,000 in damage. It was reported around 8:40 this morning at 4724 47th Street South. Fargo Fire crews say a neighbor with a fire extinguisher helped keep it from growing. The cause of the fire appears to be cooking oil that ignited. The townhouse has fire…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A two-vehicle crash sets off a garage fire and a search for one of the drivers who fled the scene. It happened Saturday afternoon at 10th Street and 9th Avenue South. Witnesses say one of the vehicles involved crashed into a garage, starting it on fire. One person and a dog were home at the time….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people and a dog are safe after escaping a mobile home fire in south Fargo. Crews were called out around 2:30 Sunday afternoon to 4514 San Juan Drive South. They found a fire blazing in the rear of the structure and quickly put it out. The house has significant fire and smoke damage. The cause…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A sprinkler system saves an apartment building from burning down in Fargo. Firefighters responded to fire alarms at 4462 30th Avenue south around 11 a.m. Saturday. They found water coming from under a doorway midway down the hall. A small fire in the bedroom of the unit had activated a sprinkler, which put the fire out….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Tuesday night the sky was full of fireworks celebrating the 4th of July. But fire crews from Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead were out and about battling fires in the metro. Fargo Police says they did have 98 calls yesterday in regards to fireworks, but no arrests or citations were issued. Moorhead said they dealt with…
FARGO (KFGO.KVRR) – Fargo firefighters responded to a backyard brush fire at 1630 1st Avenue South Tuesday afternoon that damaged 3 structures. The fire stretched along a fence line that was adjacent to two garages and extended to the rear exterior of a home. Within a few minutes of arriving on the scene, fire crews had the fire knocked down….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fire damages a second-floor bedroom in a twin home in south Fargo. Firefighters responded to a report of a mattress on fire in the noon hour and were able to extinguish the fire quickly. A child and adult who were in the house at the time were taken to an ambulance to warm up, but there…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Firefighters tackle a fire in a row of garages overnight in South Fargo. They responded to a detached row of garages on the 800 block of 42nd Street South just before 11:30 Tuesday night. Fire was shooting through the roof of a garage and had spread to a second garage. Firefighters got the fire out in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — An early afternoon crash at a south Fargo apartment complex. Ninety-one-year-old Timothy Klontz crashed his vehicle in his garage when he was pulling in, breaking through the walls on both sides. The car was wedged into the wall of the neighboring garage to the left. Both Fargo police and fire were on scene. No one was…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – It took more than three hours to knock down a fire that destroyed a large commercial building in the 1400 block of 1st Avenue North, just west of downtown Fargo. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Mangin said an excavator was brought in to pull down the walls because…
