HOPKINS, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people were killed when an explosion and fire demolished a suburban Minneapolis home in Hopkins. The bodies of a husband and wife, both in their 80s, were found in the debris. The fire chief says it was a “pretty violent explosion” that reportedly shook many other homes in the neighborhood around ten this morning. The…
EMERADO, N.D. (KVRR) — A mobile home is destroyed by fire just after midnight in Emerado, North Dakota. Emerado Fire Department was sent to the 400 block of East Emery Avenue around 12:40 Sunday morning for a reported structure fire. They arrived to find a mobile home fully engulfed in flames. The home was unoccupied at the time of the…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A report of reckless driving in the Red River Valley Fair parking lot last Friday results in a chase, crash and arrest. West Fargo Police and Cass County Deputies attempted to stop 32-year-old Matthew Garcia of Amarillo, Texas as he fled around 11:30 p.m. Garcia ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle at…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/FOX9) – Authorities have evacuated a portion of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis after responding to reports of a fire and possible explosion, but no injuries have been reported. Minneapolis Fire Department tweeted about 3:30 p.m. Thursday that firefighters were responding to a fire in the basement of a building on campus. As they were extinguishing that…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An overnight fire in rural Polk County destroys a home. Polk County Sheriff’s Office was contacted before 5 a.m. Sunday for a structure fire in Rosebud Township. When deputy’s arrived, the house was fully engulfed. No one was home at the time. It is considered a total loss. Minnesota State Fire Marshal is investigating the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Fire crews encounter heavy smoke and fire coming from the back of a house in Grand Forks after the failure of an electrical cord on a window air conditioning unit. The fire department was called around 8:30 Wednesday morning to the 1800 block of 4th Street North. Crews were able to quickly put the fire…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A lightning strike is believed to have started a fire at a Quonset in a rural area near Oklee, Minnesota. Polk County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the fire around noon on Saturday. They responded along with Oklee Fire Department and Oklee Ambulance. The fire was put out without any major damage to the…
HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) – The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is investigating a fire that damaged a church overnight in Harwood, North Dakota. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says the cause of the fire at Maple Sheyenne Lutheran Church appears to be “suspicious.” The fire was reported at 8:05 a.m. Friday. The fire was reported by a passerby…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR-KDLM) – Firefighters from Detroit Lakes, Audubon and Frazee battled a fire at Country Fields Greenhouse along Richwood Road in Detroit Lakes, Friday. The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. in the entryway of the home on the property and spread to the roofline of the home and attached garage. Flames could be seen coming from…
Fire and Burglary Investigation SuspectFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo police are looking for this man. They say he is one of two suspects in a burglary and fire at a warehouse used as office and storage space for a group of gaming, DJ, and party limo companies. One suspect has been identified through the business owners video footage. But the…
