VEHICLE FIRE

Stolen vehicle found in flames in rural Cass County

Picture of a vehicle that was discovered on fire on Highway 46, two mile from Interstate 29 Tuesday July 1, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.CASS COUNTY (KVRR) — The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has reported finding a stolen vehicle in Cass County. According to the sheriff’s office, the call came at around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday morning,…

Four trucks destroyed or damaged in Wimbledon, ND Fire

WIMBLEDON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Wimbledon Rural Fire Department was dispatched to the Arrowwood Prairie Fertilizer facility on a report of a semi on fire in the parking lot late Thursday night. When they arrived, firefighters found three semis and another truck burning. The truck trailers did not contain chemicals or fertilizer. Fire crews used water and foam to bring…

Driver Arrested After Vehicle Catches Fire

A vehicle was destroyed in a fire on Highway 127, three miles south of Wahpeton Tuesday shortly after 6:30 p.m. The caller reported the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames

RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A vehicle was destroyed in a fire on Highway 127, three miles south of Wahpeton Tuesday shortly after 6:30 p.m. The caller reported the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. First responders found the occupants were out of the vehicle and safe. The fire appears to have started in the engine compartment and was most…

Victim of Vehicle Fire Near Buffalo, N.D. Identified

CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County authorities identify the victim of a vehicle fire on Sunday along I-94. He is 36-year-old Matthew Knight of Greenville, Ohio. Knight’s body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Grand Forks for an autopsy. Multiple first responders arrived at the scene near mile marker 313, just southwest of Buffalo, around 9…

Gas Tank Explodes During Vehicle Fire in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A vehicle on fire explodes in Grand Forks. It happened around 3:15 this morning in the 2500 block of Knight Drive. Officers arrived to find the Chevrolet Colorado fully engulfed in flames in the parking lot. That’s when the gas tank exploded, causing a sound that could be heard for several blocks. No one was…

Vehicle Fire Causes Section of I-94 to Close

A flat-bed trailer hauling square hay bales had caught fire.

UPDATE: One eastbound lane has been opened and traffic is no longer being rerouted.   Glen Ullin, N.D.–The eastbound lanes on Interstate 94 near Exit 110 have been closed since 7:45 Tuesday morning due to a vehicle fire. The Glen Ullin Fire Department received reports of a vehicle on fire and discovered a flat-bed trailer hauling square hay bales had…

Vehicle Fire May Have Been Started By Block Heater

Small kids woke their parents after spotting the fire in their driveway in Brandon, Minnesota

DOUGLAS COUNTY, MN — A block heater may have started a vehicle fire in Douglas County. Small kids woke their parents after spotting the fire in their driveway in Brandon, Minnesota, west of Alexandria. Fire crews were called just before 6 a.m. The vehicle is a total loss but the detached garage it was parked in front of only has moderate…