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Fatality Found at Lake Street Fire in Minneapolis

Jan. 27 – Officials say firefighters found the of a deceased male inside an apartment fire on East Lake Street Sunday afternoon. An initial assignment was dispatched to 203 E. Lake St. just after 4 p.m. for an odor of smoke in an apartment building. Engine 8 arrived to find nothing showing from the three-story, [...]

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Eagan Responds to Fatal Fire and Rollover Sunday

Jan. 20 – Eight hours after Eagan firefighters were called to a fatal dwelling fire, they were dispatched to a rollover crash that claimed the life of a 66-year-old man on Sunday. About 6:20 a.m., Engine 5 and Ladder 2 arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from all openings of one unit of [...]

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Maple Grove Reports First Fire Death in City’s History

A story on Maple Grove Patch reported that a Dec. 30 fire in Maple Grove resulted in the city’s first fire fatality. “The resident sustained ‘significant’ burn injuries when a cigarette fell onto her clothing ‘caught fire and burned her hair,’” Fire Chief Scott Anderson told Maple Grove Patch. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is conducting [...]

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Fatal Fire Reported in Minnetonka

Nov. 23 – Media is reporting that a late-night house fire in Minnetonka claimed the lives of two residents. The fire at 12 Westwood Rd. was reported around 10:30 p.m. and, according to posts on the Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities Facebook page, crews used a defensive attack on the fire. An aerial [...]

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Updated: Firefighters Find Deceased Man Inside N. Minneapolis Fire

New photos were added at 12 p.m. Nov. 2 – Firefighters found the body of a deceased man inside a home in Minneapolis Friday night. Engine 14 arrived to find smoke showing from home  at 3838 Humboldt Ave. N. around 8:20 p.m. According to posts on the Extra Alarm Association’s Facebook page, Engine 14 laid [...]

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St. Paul Crews Respond to Fatal House Fire

Sept. 6 – An early morning bedroom fire took the life of a woman in St. Paul’s Summit-University neighborhood on Thursday. The fire at 969 Carroll Ave. was reported at 2:19 a.m. and Engine 5 found smoke showing from the 2 1/2-story dwelling. The crew deployed a pre-connect and quickly brought the fire under control. [...]

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Minneapolis Blaze Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured

July 28 – Four people were injured and one person was killed as flames swept through a South Minneapolis home early Saturday morning. The fire reached three alarms. Crews were dispatched at 4:37 a.m. for a structure fire at 2812 1st Ave. S. They encountered heavy fire issuing from the front and smoke filling the 2 [...]

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