ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Crews have mostly knocked down a massive fire on Saturday that involved multiple buildings in St. Paul, Minnesota. Reports of the fire along Marshall Avenue near Snelling Avenue just off I-94 came in shortly before 6 p.m. About an hour and a half later, aerial video showed firefighters making progress on the flames, knocking the fire…
FARGO, N.D. ( KVRR) — A kitchen fire temporarily evacuates people staying at a Fargo hotel. Just before 10 this morning firefighters were dispatched to Mainstay Suites on 19th Avenue and 44th street South. Staff working at the extended stay hotel were able to evacuate everyone out the building, as well as put out the small kitchen fire. “They came…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller is presenting the growing needs and long term goals of the department to city commissioners. As the city of West Fargo grows, its fire department is faced with a multitude of challenges like increased call volumes, staffing shortages and longer response times. “In the last five years we’ve accomplished…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Fire Department remained on scene of a fire at a twin home for several hours. They were sent to the 52 hundred block of 50th Avenue South around 4:30 Sunday afternoon. They tell us the fire started in one of the rooms of the twin home but fire crews were quickly able to put it out….
WADENA CO., Minn. — The names of two people killed in a fire at a home in rural Wadena, Minnesota are released. 46-year-old Michael Black and 42-year-old Paula Black died in the fire that was reported just before 4 a.m. Sunday. Wadena County Sheriff’s Office says first responders found a 13-year-old with minor burns outside of the home, that juvenile…
WADENA CO., Minn. — A tragic fire in Wadena County, Minnesota claims the lives of two adults and injures a child. The sheriff’s office was notified of the house fire in Section 32 of Wadena Township around 3:50 Sunday morning. Emergency crews arrived to find a juvenile outside with minor burns. They got two adults out of the house but…
WATFORD CITY, N.D. – The operator of an oil well pad where a fire has been burning since last week in McKenzie County has brought in a specialized emergency response crew to get a handle on the blaze. The well pad is located on federal land just south of Lake Sakakawea northeast of Watford City. Its operator, Petro-Hunt, is working…
CLINTON, Minn. – Firefighters from multiple agencies battled a large fire at a grain elevator in western Minnesota, where some residents were evacuated. According to Big Stone County Sheriff Mark Brown, crews were called shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday to the grain elevator, which had become engulfed in flames. Officials in Clinton, with a population of about 500 people near…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO) – Fire caused extensive damage to a townhome in a four-unit complex plex in Moorhead overnight. Firefighters responded to the call just before midnight Sunday at 1816 Belsly Boulevard. Battalion Chief Dave Conrad says crews found heavy smoke and fire on the first floor of the two-story townhouse. It turned into a two-alarm fire with mutual aid…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Several employees were treated after breathing in smoke from a small fire at the sunflower processing plant in Fargo late Friday afternoon. The call to 501 42nd Street North came in just before 5:15 p.m. when Fargo firefighters arrived to a report of a fire in a piece of equipment at Red River Commodities. Crews found…
