GRAND FORKS — An inmate had to be taken to the hospital and fire investigators are trying to figure out what happened in a fire in the laundry room at the jail in Grand Forks overnight. It’s the second fire in the laundry room in less than a month. Firefighters responded to the fire just after 2 a.m. Tuesday in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A burning candle started a house on fire at 324 Walnut Street in Grand Forks. Fire crews were called around 6:30 Wednesday evening. They found smoke coming from the house and located the fire on the second floor and quickly put it out. A fire investigation concluded that the fire started accidentally due to the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A family was forced from their home in Grand Forks after a fire started in the kitchen on Saturday. Grand Forks Fire Department arrived around 5 p.m. to light smoke coming from the house. They quickly put the fire out on the stove, which had extended to the nearby cabinets. The family was displaced due…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A Thanksgiving Day Fire at the Grand Forks County Jail. The Grand Forks Fire Department says they went to the jail just after 4:00 p.m. Thursday for a report of smoke in a laundry room. They found clothes in a dryer that caught fire and were smoldering. Firefighters got rid of the clothes and the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Fire crews respond to a small ammonia leak at Simplot in Grand Forks. They say it was reported around 10:20 this morning. Employees had found a small amount of ammonia leaking around a valve, and contained it before crews arrived. The fire department ventilated the area and monitored the air quality inside the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — People are displaced from their home after a fire on the exterior of the house. Grand Forks Fire Department responded to 310 8th Street North around 3 p.m. Wednesday. They arrived and found the fire had been extinguished by people passing by the house. Damage was contained to the exterior wall and there were no…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – People living in a Grand Forks home are displaced after a fire. The Grand Forks Fire Department says firefighters responded to the mobile home at Valley Ho Mobile Home Park around 6:40 Monday night. The found a fire in the bath/laundry area of a mobile home. Firefighters contained the fire to that area, but there’s…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A fire forced people out of their homes in an apartment building in Grand Forks overnight. Firefighters responded around 10:40 Thursday night to the 3700 block of Berkely Dr. The apartment building has 8 units on two floors. They found a fire in the kitchen of an upstairs apartment. Only that apartment has fire damage,…
UPDATE: Fire ruled accidental. An electrical malfunction in the freezer equipment produced excessive heat and started nearby items on fire. GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A restaurant catches fire overnight in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to the Crooked Pint Ale House around 10:45 Sunday night. There was a report of a fire alarm and smoke coming from the back of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Firefighters battled a garage fire overnight in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to a detached garage on the 300 block of Cottonwood Street around 1:30 Tuesday morning. The found smoke coming from the two-stall garage. They quickly put out a fire inside the garage. The building itself only has light damage, but most of the things…
