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    September 1, 2017
    ‘My world turned upside down’: Fire guts popular BBQ restaurant near Minnesota's Otter Tail Lake
    BATTLE LAKE, Minn. – Elmer’s Texas Barbeque restaurant here was heavily damaged in an early morning fire, but no one was injured, area firefighters...
    newsSeptember 1, 2017 - 4:57pm
    April 20, 2016
    People burning debris such as brush piles, burn barrels, etc. are responsible for the majority of the wildfires, while arson comes in next.
    April, May are busiest months for Northland forest and grass fires
    Fire doesn’t much like cold, and it definitely doesn’t like snow, so the Minnesota and Wisconsin wildfire seasons got off to a slow start...
    newsApril 20, 2016 - 5:10am
    July 22, 2014
    A St. Paul firefighter crawls into a second floor window at 424 Goodrich Street to battle a fire and rescue residents during an early morning fire on July 21, 2014. At least two people were rescued from the second floor. Photo by Peter Matthews
    Neighbor, 16, saves fire victim in St. Paul duplex
    ST. PAUL -- Ricardo Martinez looked outside and saw the flaming St. Paul duplex. Then the shoeless teenager leaped into action. “I heard...
    newsJuly 22, 2014 - 8:33am
    May 30, 2014
    Arson suspected in Cass County wildfire; boy taken into custody
    CASS LAKE, Minn. -- A wildfire that consumed more than 75 acres Wednesday in Cass County is believed to be arson, and a boy found near the scene was taken into custody, the Cass County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday. The investigation is continuing with the cooperation of the...
    news/crimeMay 30, 2014 - 10:30am
    May 29, 2014
    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources firefighters guard a fire line to make sure the blaze would not cross state Highway 371 south of Cass Lake on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. BEMIDJI PIONEER/Monte Draper
    Wildfire near Cass Lake estimated at 60 acres
    CASS LAKE, Minn. -- Aerial water tankers and helicopters aided ground crews in dousing a 60-acre wildfire south of Cass Lake on Wednesday afternoon. The...
    newsMay 29, 2014 - 11:30am
    May 14, 2014
    Derek Knowles’ home barely missed the inferno that roared through his property one year ago. The tree cleanup has begun. PARK RAPIDS ENTERPRISE/Sarah Smith
    After year of rebuilding, scars of wildfire remain
    PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- “She was a hot one!” Russ Knowles said as he recalled watching a raging wildfire blow past his Wadena County home,...
    newsMay 14, 2014 - 7:45am
    April 21, 2014
    Space heater causes Frazee house fire
    FRAZEE, Minn. – Blankets too close to a space heater started a house fire here Saturday night. Fire crews from Perham, Vergas and Frazee responded to a house fire around 10:30 p.m at 51249 428th Ave. here. Saturday, after a resident awoke to find blankets near an infrared space...
    news/frazeeApril 21, 2014 - 8:18am
    February 5, 2014
    Fire chiefs attribute flurry of blazes to alternative heating sources
    PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- A spate of weekend structure fires could be the beginning of something worse to come, warns one fire chief. The Carsonville department rushed from one hot spot to another over the weekend with little sleep in between. And Fire Chief Roger Wilson warns that...
    newsFebruary 5, 2014 - 8:37am
    January 14, 2014
    Reward offered in Ada house arson
    ADA, Minn. – Police here are looking for information about who might have deliberately set a man’s home on fire here in early September. Ada Police Chief Jody Bueng said an investigation had determined that the Sept. 1 fire, which happened at about 11 p.m. at the home of Brock...
    news/crimeJanuary 14, 2014 - 7:59am
    January 9, 2014
    Fire destroys home near Shell Lake
    Fire destroyed a home off County Road 37 near Shell Lake Wednesday afternoon. Nobody was injured in the fire, but a cat is missing. The two-story...
    news/accidentsJanuary 9, 2014 - 11:41am
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    Century-old Hawley farmhouse destroyed by fire
    HAWLEY, Minn. – A fire destroyed a 100-year-old farmhouse near here Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported by a rural mail carrier,...
    newsJanuary 9, 2014 - 8:55am
    December 15, 2013
    Another shot of the downtown fire on Aug. 13, 1914, shows smoke billowing out of George Peoples Confectionery and J.S. Nunn's furniture and undertaking building. Twenty-six buildings were damaged in the fire. Photo courtesy of the Becker County Historical Society
    Up in flames
    The Detroit Lakes Fire Department, and many times the surrounding towns' departments, were kept quite busy years ago. Not that the current day...
    news/detroit-lakesDecember 15, 2013 - 6:45pm
    October 24, 2013
    Worldwide wildfires increase health risks of bad air
    DULUTH -- As huge swathes of Australia’s Outback burn in wildfires spurred by drought, health experts in the U.S. warned Thursday that more heat and more fires means more unhealthy air to breathe. The Natural Resources Defense Council released a list of 31 states — including...
    newsOctober 24, 2013 - 7:54pm
    October 23, 2013
    Fire totals Breckenridge home, family unharmed
    BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. – Fire destroyed a home here early Wednesday, displacing a family of five. Smoke alarms were working and the family was able to escape the blaze unharmed. The Dakotas Region of the American Red Cross is providing assistance to two adults, three children...
    newsOctober 23, 2013 - 9:32am
    August 24, 2013
    Wildfire danger intensifies as fuels dry out in MN
    As precipitation over the last 30 days has been at 50 percent of normal over most of Minnesota, fire managers from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are seeing an increase in fire danger and are urging people to use caution when working and recreating in dry areas. So far...
    outdoors/dnrAugust 24, 2013 - 8:00am
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