fires

ST. PAUL -- A father who was able to rescue six of his family members Sunday night from a blaze that gutted his house was turned back from finding his 3-year-old daughter when the smoke became too powerful, officials say. The 3-year-old girl, who was later rescued by...

Mahnomen County officials suspect arson as the cause of a fire that destroyed an unoccupied house in Naytahwaush, Minn., Friday. A White Earth Police Department officer reported the fire at about 10 a.m. Friday, according to a report from the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Department....

GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- The cause of a Monday night house explosion that injured a Bemidji-area man appears to be accidental, officials said Tuesday. At the scene, debris confettied the snow white ground Tuesday, where the home once stood, particles strewn into surrounding...

A fire early Saturday heavily damaged a south Bemidji home. No one was injured, but four dogs died in the fire, officials said. The Bemidji Fire Department responded to a call of a structure fire at about 6:30 a.m. to the 800 block of Second Street Southeast. When firefighters...

There were no injuries reported at a Bemidji house fire late Tuesday morning, but the blaze caused more than $100,000 damage to the home. The fire at a home on the 2900 block of Division Street West in Bemidji was reported at 11 a.m. by a passing motorist,...

On Saturday December 6, 2014 at 12:30AM the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a house fire in the 8000 block of County Road #3 in rural Deer River MN. Officers and Fire Department arrived to find a trailer home fully engulfed in fire. An adult woman and...

Fire has destroyed a popular Detroit Lakes bar. A call came in around 2 p.m. Sunday reporting a fire at the County 17 Bar & Grill, just off of Highway 59 and County Road 17, near Lake Melissa. One employee and two patrons were in the establishment when...

Betty and I are tearfully overwhelmed and humbled by the massive support and good wishes from our family, friends and organizations around us. We have met new friends and folks who have been such a blessing for us throughout this difficult time. (Y’all know who you are). The devastating...