LISBON, N.D. — A Lisbon man has been arrested for arson after setting fire to an apartment building. 20-year-old Quentin Leonard has been charged with arson, reckless endangerment and endangering by fire. Police say Leonard set fire to a four-plex in Lisbon on Monday. It is a total loss. Five people living in the complex are without a home. Bond…
WHEATON, Minn. — A metal fabrication business in Wheaton, Minnesota has been destroyed by fire. The blaze at Mud Lake Metals was reported shortly before 7:30 Tuesday night. The Wheaton Fire Department got help from fire crews from Dumont and Herman. Nearby businesses were evacuated along with people living in an apartment. No other buildings were damaged. The state fire…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. — Nearly two dozen calves were killed after bales caught fire in rural Douglas County. An employee on the dairy farm near Kensington called 9-1-1 just before 8 o’clock last night to report the fire. The sheriff’s office says it appears to have been caused by an idling skid steer loader parked next to round bales. The…
FARGO, ND — A local driver spotted smoke coming from a trailer around 2 pm at the North Softball Complex in Fargo but once crews arrived, strong winds helped the fire engulf the entire trailer. The Battalion Chief with the Fargo Fire Department, Lee Soeth, says the Harwood firefighters arrived on scene first and put out in the fire in…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Authorities have identified the woman who died in a house fire in Alexandria on Monday. Shandiin Goodbird, 19, died after a fire broke out at a house on the 400 block of Fillmore. Goodbird had originally been labeled as missing, but was found after the fire was put out. A preliminary autopsy report shows Goodbird died of…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Fire Department is investigating a fire that happened earlier this morning in a south Fargo strip mall under construction. Around 8:30, a Jimmy Johns employee called 911 after seeing smoke coming from a unit connected to the restaurant at 2815 13th Avenue South. Crews say they were able to put the fire out quickly. No one…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — A 19-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Alexandria. The woman had been reported missing since the fire was reported this morning just before 5:30. Her name has not been released. Police and Douglas County deputies were met by several people who made it outside the multi-unit building. They pounded on doors to alert others….
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. — Investigators have released more details of a fire that destroyed a Jennie-O turkey barn in New York Mills. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the fire likely was started by a propane heater in the barn. Fire crews responded to the fire just after midnight. The barn was fully engulfed. There were no…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Investigators have determined that a mobile home fire in Alexandria that killed two people was caused by careless smoking. The state fire marshal and Alexandria police and fire officials say the fire started in the living room near a couch and recliner. Forty-nine-year-old James Chandler and 59-year-old Rose Couillard died in the fire last Friday. The…
BARNESVILLE, Minn. — Community members in Barnesville are saying thank you to first responders and local law enforcement for being heroes in the community. Some of the Barnesville fire department, police department, ambulance, Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota DNR were at the celebration. Kids from the schools in the area wrote thank you notes that were posted around…
