MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Jeff Wallin is named chief of the Moorhead Fire Department. Wallin was nominated by City Manager Dan Mahli and unanimously confirmed by the City Council. Council Member Deb White abstained since her son is engaged to Wallin’s niece. Wallin took over as interim chief since Rich Dysen stepped down in 2021. “I have similarly dedicated my…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sandy’s Donuts is closing all of its locations until Friday. In a Facebook post, they wrote that one of their rooftop units at their production facility nearly caught fire. The West Fargo Fire Department was able to get there quickly and prevent the unit from going into flames. Sandy’s says nothing was damaged other than…
UPDATE – West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller says a cause for a house fire Tuesday on the 500 block of 17th Street East hasn’t been confirmed since a man rescued from the basement is in the hospital and hasn’t been questioned. WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fire crews are investigating a possible arson at a home on the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A vehicle fire leads to a DWI charge in Moorhead. Police and firefighters responded to a vehicle on fire in the 1800 block of 5th Avenue South just before 7:00 Monday night. The vehicle was stuck in a snowbank. Police say it looks like a driver was trying to get it unstuck. Officers found the driver…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — A man suffers smoke inhalation and firefighters rescue a dog after a fire in south Fargo Saturday night. Crews were called just before 8 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming through the front door of the house. The fire was burning in the kitchen. The first hydrant the crew connected to was frozen and they had…
EMERADO, N.D. (KVRR) — A late night fire kept fire crews busy in Emerado, North Dakota on New Year’s Eve. The fire department was called out after 10:30 Saturday to the Acks Mobile Home Park. When they arrived, a mobile home was fully engulfed in flames. Nearby homes were evacuated. Everyone in the home at the time made it out…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Fire damaged a Moorhead home Christmas night. Crews responded shortly after 8 p.m. to the Belsly Townhomes on the 3000 block of 14th Street South. The Moorhead Fire Department said the fire started in the attic of a townhouse. Crews spent some time getting the fire out and checking for hot spots. The unit was damaged…
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…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An employee at LM Wind Power is taken to Altru after an explosion is reported. The call came in just after three Tuesday afternoon. Grand Forks Fire crews arrived to find the building had been evacuated and the fire protection system was operating. When they entered, they found no active fire but one worker was…
OXBOW, N.D. (KVRR) — Fire crews were called out Monday afternoon after fire started in a garage at a house south of Oxbow. A part of the structure was engulfed when fire crews arrived on the scene. They were able to contain the fire to the garage and say it does not appear to be a total structure loss. No…
