Fire Damages Hanger And Aircraft At Fleming Field

May 5 – The fast actions of South Metro and Inver Grove Heights firefighters helped contain a fire and keep it from spreading Monday morning. South Metro and Inver Grove Heights crews were called to Fleming Field for a reported hanger fire around 10:30 a.m.. Firefighters arrived to find a well involved fire in the [...]

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Coon Rapids Garage Fire Quickly Controlled

May 14 – Firefighters quickly contained a Coon Rapids garage fire Tuesday evening. About 5:50 p.m., crews were dispatched to a report of a possible attached garage fire on the 1500 block of 106th Ave. First arriving crews reported smoke from the eves of an attached garage and requested a General Alarm. Fire crews deployed [...]

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Eagan Fire Held to Apartment Closets

May 12 – Firefighters descended on an apartment complex in Eagan Sunday night, but had the fire under control quickly. Firefighters found nothing showing from the three-story apartment building in the 1200 block of Redwood Point around 5:45 p.m. As they conducted a size-up of the building, smoke was visible from second and third floor decks on [...]

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Roof Collapse Injures Firefighter in South St. Paul

May 11 – A South Metro firefighter suffered minor injuries when he was caught in a roof collapse during a house fire Saturday evening. South Metro crews were called to the 200 block of 1st Avenue S. around 5 p.m. for a house fire. When crews from Station 2 arrived, they found fire showing from [...]

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St. Paul Firefighters Battle North End House Fire

May 8 – A porch fire  quickly spread into the attic of a St. Paul home Wednesday afternoon. Units were called to the 1200 block of Alameda Street shortly after 4 p.m. and companies reported smoke from the area as they were responding. Engine 22′s crew stretched an attack line through the front door of [...]

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St. Paul Fire & EMS Blotter: Feb. 24 – March 30

Each week, St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard sends out a weekly fire & EMS blotter to local media. He highlights some of the responses by St. Paul fire crews. Below is this week’s blotter: During the week of April 24 thru April 30, the Saint Paul Fire Department responded to 764 emergency calls. Here [...]

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Bloomington Crews Rescue Pup from Ice

This is a delayed posting. April 18 – Bloomington firefighters rescued a dog who fell through the ice. Crews from Stations 6 and 5 were called to an off-leash dog on W 110th Street and Nesbitt Avenue for a report of a dog in the ice with the owner attempting a rescue. Engine 6 and Ladder [...]

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