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    July 22, 2014
    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 people inside, so my first instinct was to see if I could help anyone,” the 16-year-old said of the early Monday morning fire in which he...
    newsJuly 22, 2014 - 8:33am
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    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
    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 fire was reported about 1:30 p.m., witnesses said. The fire was originally reported as two fires that may have merged across...
    newsMay 29, 2014 - 11:30am
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    May 14, 2014
    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, taking his garage with it. Across the road, his son, Derek, had just lost 1,000 Norway pines close to his home. It was May 14, 2013. A...
    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
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    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 wood-frame house is owned by the Mike Brun family. Four people were living there, but nobody was home at the time of the blaze, according...
    news / accidentsJanuary 9, 2014 - 11:41am
    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
    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 Detroit Lakes Volunteer Fire Department isn't busy enough, but years ago, the crew fought horrific fire after block-burning fire. According...
    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
    August 23, 2013
    Fire causes evacuation, more than $15,000 in damages at MSUM
    MOORHEAD – A fire that started in some construction materials piled near Snarr Hall at Minnesota State University Moorhead caused about $15,000 to $20,000 worth of damages and an evacuation of students here early Friday, according to fire officials. Firefighters responded to...
    newsAugust 23, 2013 - 9:05am
    July 29, 2013
    Mobile home damaged in Sunday night fire
    BEMIDJI TOWNSHIP -- No injuries were reported in a mobile home fire Sunday evening in Bemidji Township, officials said. The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the fire in the 1200 block of Little Norway Avenue SE at about 11:45 p.m. Sunday. The fire was reported by a passing...
    newsJuly 29, 2013 - 10:40am
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