FARGO, N.D. ( KVRR) — A kitchen fire temporarily evacuates people staying at a Fargo hotel. Just before 10 this morning firefighters were dispatched to Mainstay Suites on 19th Avenue and 44th street South. Staff working at the extended stay hotel were able to evacuate everyone out the building, as well as put out the small kitchen fire. “They came…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller is presenting the growing needs and long term goals of the department to city commissioners. As the city of West Fargo grows, its fire department is faced with a multitude of challenges like increased call volumes, staffing shortages and longer response times. “In the last five years we’ve accomplished…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – West Fargo is growing so quickly that the fire department is responding to more service calls than ever before. “The year has been pretty tough,” said West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller. West Fargo Fire crews not only battle blazes, but also respond to medical, hazmat, rescue, alarm and public service calls. From 2017 to…
FARGO, N.D. — Firefighters respond to a house fire in south Fargo. The call came in around 8:40 p.m. with a report of smoke coming from 6086 24th Street South. KVRR Local News is told one person was taken by ambulance from the house. You can see top floor windows on at least one side of the house were broken…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo and West Fargo firefighters respond to more than 25 calls of fires over the Fourth of July holiday. “We had 15 calls for actual fires where there was some flame present which is well above normal,” Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Mangin said. “We had somewhere about 13 calls for the day. Everything kind…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A person calls West Fargo Fire after smelling and seeing smoke coming from a crawl space. Firefighters arrived around 1 p.m. to find insulation wrapped around a live electrical wire was burning underneath the house. Extra crews were called on scene to help due to heat exhaustion prevention. Down the road from the fire on…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR) – The Clay County Joint Power Commission comes together in support of local firefighters and EMTs. As city leaders gather to recognize local first responders, fallen law enforcement members are not forgotten. “Yesterday we’re all aware that we lost a brother in our family so at this time, I’d like to just ask everyone to take a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Firefighters respond to an early morning house fire Tuesday in North Fargo near North Dakota State University. Crews were sent at 7:30 after a passerby noticed flames coming from the front side of the home on the 700 block of College Street North. About four minutes after the call was made firefighters arrived on scene to…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A love of popcorn at the North Dakota Capitol draws firefighters to the building, not once but twice. Rep. Mary Johnson was on her third batch of popcorn Monday afternoon when the popcorn machine triggered the fire alarms for the second time that day. It also caused lawmakers to evacuate the building. Johnson, a Republican from Fargo,…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The West Fargo Fire department shows us one of the many things they train on when they’re not fighting fires. “We like to get indoor training like this for the winter times, this is a great opportunity to take advantage of the cold weather, stay inside, but farming accidents like grain bin extrication can occur…
