MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Fire Department responded to a dryer fire in a mobile home off Lancaster Drive that left two people displaced. According to the battalion chief on the scene, the fire was in the side door with the dryer on fire. Some of the flames made their way into the attic above the dryer but were able…
FINGAL, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A fire tears through a bar in Fingal, North Dakota. Valley City and Fingal firefighters worked to put out the flames that started inside the Roadhouse Bar and Grill. The town is southeast of Valley City. The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. According to social media posts, the owner, Brad Ertelt, got out okay…
OSAKIS, Minn. (KVRR) – Three people escape from a home after the chimney catches on fire. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrived at the home in Osakis just after 3:15 Monday morning. A 911 caller reported that the chimney was on fire. Deputies evacuated three people from the home. There are no injuries. The Osakis Fire Department arrived…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A semi and trailer are destroyed by fire on I-29 south of Fargo. The rig caught fire in the southbound lanes near the Christine exit. Southbound traffic was detoured to the off and on-ramps while clean-up was underway. State Patrol Sgt. Kristjan Helgoe says a tire blew with debris hitting a fuel line, starting the…
BARNES COUNTY N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Valley City Firefighters responded to a cabin fire along Lake Ashtabula around 10:30 am on Monday. Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said no one was inside the seasonal cabin at a resort property when the fire broke out. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Valley City Fire Department and…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A heat lamp knocked over by the gusty wind starts a straw pile on fire and it quickly spreads to a house and its deck. The fire near Garfield, Minnesota, near Alexandria, was spotted by the homeowner’s son as he returned home around 1:15 this morning. Everyone was able to get out of the house…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – Fire destroys a house in rural Parkers Prairie Township in Otter Tail County. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the home just after 10:30 Sunday night. Three different fire departments helped get the fire out. No one was injured, but the house is believed to be a total loss. The…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A house is a total loss and two dogs are dead after a fire in Otter Tail County Saturday night. The sheriff’s office says fire crews were called to the house in rural Star Lake Township around 7:30. The homeowners had returned to find smoke and an orange glow coming from the house. Dent…
FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Fairmount Fire Department received a report of a house on fire around 10:30 Saturday night in the 200 block of 2nd Street South. When the fire crew arrived, the house was fully engulfed. Fairmount Fire requested mutual aid from the Hankinson Fire Department. No one was hurt in the fire. The homeowner was home at…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Fire crews from Kindred, Horace and Davenport respond to a detached garage fire in rural Kindred. The call came in around 11 this morning. The garage was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived on scene. It was contained to the detached garage and didn’t spread. No one was injured. The cause of the fire…
