Tag Archives | Automatic Aid

Two Departments Called to Brooklyn Park House Fire

March 30, 2013 · TCFW

March 30 - Firefighters used two hoselines to contain a fire to the basement room where it broke out in Brooklyn Park Saturday. Brooklyn Park firefighters, with automatic aid from Brooklyn Center, responded to the 3200 block of 74th Avenue N. for a reported house fire just after 6 p.m. Units arrived to find flames shooting [...]

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Updated: Stubborn Three-Alarm Fire Hits Edina Home

March 26, 2013 · TCFW

This story was updated and 20 new photos were added Wednesday morning. March 26 – Firefighters from around the west metro responded to a fire that swept through a large home in Edina Tuesday afternoon. Edina crews were called to the 5200 block of Green Farms Road shortly after 3 p.m. when a neighbor reported [...]

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Busy Night for South Metro Fire Crews

March 4, 2013 · TCFW

March 3 – Firefighters with South Metro were busy with two working fires and a report of a third structure fire Sunday night into Monday morning. The first fire was reported about 11:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of Outlook Avenue in West St. Paul when crews were called for smoke in a home. Engine [...]

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Semi Rolls into Little Canada Holding Pond, Driver Jumps from Rig

February 9, 2013 · TCFW

Feb. 5 – The driver of a tractor trailer jumped from his vehicle as it rolled down an embankment in Little Canada Tuesday night. The crash happened on eastbound Interstate 694 at the Interstate 35E interchange shortly after 6 p.m. Little Canada and Vadnais Heights crews were dispatched at 6:13 p.m. and Little Canada Chiefs [...]

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Guard Rail Slices Through Car in Little Canada Crash

February 9, 2013 · TCFW

This post was sent to Twin Cities Fire Wire this week, but the incident occurred in December 2012. If you would like to submit photos and information to us, please e-mail to: info@twincitiesfirewire.com. Dec. 5 – The driver of this vehicle escaped with minor injuries after the guard rail penetrated the passenger compartment in Little [...]

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Fridley Crews Called To Dwelling Fire

February 5, 2013 · TCFW

Feb. 5 – Firefighters used a fire extinguisher to contain a small fire at a Fridley home on Tuesday afternoon. Around 1:40 p.m., an Anoka County Auto Aid assignment was dispatched to the  6300 block of Benjamin Street NE in Fridley for a report of fire in the walls. Minutes later a Fridley Police officer [...]

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Dozens of Firefighters Respond to S. Minneapolis Blaze

January 26, 2013 · TCFW

Jan. 24 – Firefighters from all around Minneapolis responded to an intense fire as it consumed a South Minneapolis pizza shop and rental business. Engine 27 arrived to find smoke showing from the one-story commercial building at 5340 Lyndale Ave. S. Two businesses, Beeks King of Pizza and Diamond Lake Rental, occupied the structure. According to [...]

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