FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Fargo police responded to a disturbance call shortly before 5.a.m Monday at Univerisity Drive Manor, 1201 2nd Avenue North after some residents of the high rise apartment reported hearing a tenant yelling for help. Sgt. Troy Hannig says when officers arrived, they found smoke coming from the sixth floor unit and a tenant who refused to…
DULUTH, Minn. — Authorities say a fire that destroyed a historic synagogue in Duluth doesn’t appear to have been a hate crime. Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken says 36-year-old Matthew Amiot, of Duluth, was arrested Friday in connection to the fire at Adas Israel Congregation. The fire happened early in the morning on September 9. Duluth’s fire chief says the…
FARGO, N.D. – A lightning strike may have caused a garage fire in South Fargo. It happened at 11:35 Monday morning in the 2500 block of Amber Valley Court South. Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Dane Carley says crews responded at 11:48 after a neighbor saw smoke in a garage near a twin home. Carley says firefighters knocked the fire…
FERGUS FALLS, MINN. (KFGO) – A Fergus Falls man has died of injuries suffered in a mobile home fire earlier this month. 56-year-old Kraig Weinrich died at a Minneapolis hospital. Police, the fire department, a deputy state fire marshal and a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigator have not been able to pinpoint a cause for the fire. There’s no…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Sprinklers help contain a fire at a Moorhead company that has a history with flames breaking out. Crews responded to the Pactiv Corporation building along 42nd street south around seven this morning. The company manufactures and distributes food packaging. Firefighters found smoke coming from the main part of the building and the loading bay. Moorhead Fire Department…
FARGO, N.D. – Firefighters battled a raging fire at a South Fargo home Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched at 3:30 AM to a home on 3531 South River Drive, where the garage was ablaze. The Fargo Fire Department said the fire was tough to fight because two vehicles in the garage were adding more fuel to the fire. The family…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)–A fire at a well in Williams County led to the release of 280 barrels of brine. The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division says the fire happened Saturday at a well 5 miles east of Alamo. Whiting Oil and Gas Corp. reported the brine release Sunday. All brine was contained on location and cleanup has started. A…
FARGO, N.D. — Police in Fargo say a man has confessed to setting a number of dumpster fires around the downtown area. Officers and the Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief were on the lookout for a suspect last night. They found Carl Thronson near Fire Station 1 and he was taken into custody. Thronson is being held on a felony…
Battle Lake, MN–Stella’s Bistro & Wine Bar in Battle Lake has been temporarily closed due to a fire. The Battle Lake Fire Department responded to a fire at Stella’s Bistro & Wine Bar around 10 a.m. Friday morning. The fire broke out above the hood in the kitchen and started some of the framework on fire, but was otherwise contained…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — An apartment building in West Fargo was evacuated late Wednesday night after a small fire started in a laundry room wall. Fire crews opened the wall in the unit at 247 9th Avenue West and put out the fire. The people living there couldn’t return and were helped by the Red Cross. The rest of the…
