POLK COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a lake house was fully engulfed in flames at 14821 Maple Inn Road SE in Mentor. The Mentor Fire Department was able to contain and put out the fire shortly after getting there. Fertile Fire Department, Erskine Fire Department, County EMS and Ottertail Power all assisted. No one was home…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – At approximately 1:43 AM on Saturday, June 7th, the Grand Forks Fire Department responded to 812 4th Ave S for a report of smoke and fire alarms sounding in a multi-family residence. Fire crews witnessed heavy smoke coming from the second and third floors of the building. They were able to quickly extinguish the source of…
FARGO (KVRR) – Authorities have concluded their investigation of a fire that extensively damaged a Hankinson church in December. The North Dakota Fire Marshal’s Office says the cause of the December 16 fire at St. Philip’s Catholic Church is undetermined. But the fire investigator’s 17-page report says hours before the fire was reported, painters were working in the area where…
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – No one was injured when a garage caught fire in Lidgerwood, North Dakota Sunday evening. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the attached garage caught fire just after 6 p.m. Everyone inside the home was able to get out safely. The Lidgerwood fire department was able to keep the flames from spreading to the house. The…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A family is displaced from their home in Moorhead after an afternoon fire. Moorhead Fire Department responded around 3:45 p.m. to 311 14th Street North in Moorhead. When they got there, they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-floor window. Firefighters quickly put out the fire contained to an upstairs bedroom. No one was…
HANKINSON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Five businesses have smoke and water damage after a fire breaks out in Hankinson Friday afternoon. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the call came in just after 4 p.m. for smoke seen coming out of the windows at 101 1st Street Northeast. Hankinson Fire and Lidgerwood Fire responded to the scene. No one was inside…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An Osakis, Minnesota couple returned home Friday afternoon to find their house was fully engulfed in flames. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a house on fire around 2 p.m. along Calvary Road Northeast. Two fire departments responded and put out the blaze but the home is considered a complete loss. The cause…
PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO)—Fire crews battled a massive fire in Perham, Minnesota. The fire was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday. Police said the fire appears to have started in a large commercial building with shared businesses located in the 300 block of West Main Avenue. It was engulfed in flames. Mutual aid from several area communities were called in to…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – No one was hurt, but residents of an apartment unit were displaced after a kitchen fire in south Fargo Monday night. The Fargo Fire Department says crews responded to the apartment complex at 2551 Villa Drive S at 9:48 p.m. where the fire started in a second-floor unit. Firefighters were able to put out the fire before…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – One person was treated for minor injuries following a kitchen fire at a high-rise apartment in Moorhead. Firefighters were called to the fire at 800 2nd Ave. North at around 7:49 a.m. Friday. Crews found that the fire on the 13th floor had been extinguished by the sprinkler system. One resident was transported to a hospital…
