LARIMORE, ND — Two people escape a house fire in Larimore but one of their pets died in the fire. Crews were called out to the 200 block of 3rd Street East around 7 o’clock Wednesday night. The basement was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. Four pets were in the home at the time of the fire….
DAZEY, ND — A 58-year-old woman was found dead in her Dazey, North Dakota home, northwest of Valley City, Wednesday afternoon. Barnes County deputies responded to a call to check on the woman. Her name has not yet been released. Deputies also discovered that there was debris from a fire in the home. The cause of death remains under investigation as…
FRAZEE, Minn. – Police officers rescue a child and woman from a burning building in Frazee Thursday night. A Frazee Police Officer and Becker County Deputy responded to a home on the 600 block of East Main Avenue around 10:45 Frazee Police Chief Tyler Trieglaff says the officers saw flames coming out of the main entryway and broke a window…
DWIGHT, ND — Two vehicles and a garage were destroyed in a fire this morning in Richland County. The sheriff’s office says just before 7 a.m., the Dwight Fire Department responded to the fire west of the town. The garage and the two vehicles inside are considered a total loss. No one was in the building at the time of the…
NEAR WALCOTT, N.D. – No one was hurt when a rural Walcott, North Dakota mobile home caught on fire. It happened around 2:00 PM Wednesday on the 6000 block of 175th Avenue Southeast. Fire departments from Walcott, Colfax and Abercrombie teamed up to douse the flames. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the couple living at the home weren’t there…
FARGO, N.D. – A fire on January 4th at Riverview Apartment Complex in South Fargo has been ruled accidental. Fire Marshal Ryan Erickson says natural gas leaking near the meter entered the building and was ignited in a nearby mechanical room. A staff member tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but it spread. Firefighters couldn’t get the…
WAHPETON, N.D. — A fire in Wahpeton’s former Citizen’s Bank Building causes extensive damage. It started around 1:30 p.m. in a second story apartment unit on the 500 Block of Dakota Avenue. The building also includes several businesses and the Three Rivers Crisis Center. “We heard the upstairs smoke alarm start beeping. I looked up and I could see smoke rolling…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Fire has heavily damaged a building in downtown Wahpeton. Witnesses say heavy smoke was coming from the building when firefighters from Wahpeton and Breckenridge, Minn. responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was in the former Citizen’s Bank building in the 500 block of Dakota Avenue. Richland County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says it appeared that…
FARGO, N.D. – A senior living facility in South Fargo has been evacuated after reports a gas fire Friday night. Fire crews arrived to the Riverview Place living community on the 5300 block of 12th Street South around 6:00. Firefighters say they found a fire coming from a gas meter on the back side of the building. It spread to the…
MENAHGA, Minn. — Numerous fire crews respond to a massive fire north of Menahga, Minnesota. The Blueberry Pines Golf Course lodge was fully engulfed in flames. Crews from Menahga, Sebeka, Park Rapids and at least four other towns all responded around 4 this afternoon. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office issued a plea on social media for people to stay away…
