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October 11, 2013
Fire destroys building at mink farm near Detroit Lakes
A spark from an incinerator was believed to have started a fire Friday morning that destroyed the office and feed mixing building at the Sonnenberg Mink Farm east of Detroit Lakes. An ember from the incinerator presumably landed on a large pile of mink bedding, which quickly caught...
news / regionOctober 11, 2013 - 3:06pm
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July 26, 2013
Remer lumber yard burns extensively
On July 24, 2013 at approximately 8:43 PM, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a fire at Remer Cut-Stock Lumber. Upon arrival, the mill was engulfed in flames. The Remer Fire Department requested mutual aid from Crooked Lake Fire Department, Federal Dam Fire...
news / stateJuly 26, 2013 - 9:09am
July 18, 2013
Abandoned house destroyed by fire
An abandoned house near Vergas was destroyed by fire late last Thursday evening. The blaze took place near Highway 4 and 460th Street, southwest of town near Loon Lake. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said the house had been abandoned since the 1980s. Cause of the fire...
news / regionJuly 18, 2013 - 3:12pm
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July 8, 2013
Fire damages 5 businesses, displaces 5 families in downtown Fergus Falls
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – A fire that started in a downtown Fergus Falls apartment Sunday night has grown to displace five families and damage five businesses and it continues to burn this morning, according to a written statement released by Fire Chief Mark Hovland. One Fergus Falls...
news / accidentsJuly 8, 2013 - 10:18am
May 15, 2013
Menahga fire 0 percent contained, several buildings lost
Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire that is now between 3,000 and 4,000 acres in north-central Minnesota as of Wednesday morning. Officials are now calling it the Green Valley Fire. It started at about 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon southwest of Park Rapids near Menahga...
news / regionMay 15, 2013 - 1:03pm
May 14, 2013
Wildfire triggers evacuation in southwest Hubbard County
Due to a large fire burning southwest of Park Rapids, residents are being evacuated within a five-mile radius from 110th Street to Highway 71 one mile north of the Hubbard Line Road. Highway 71 south of Park Rapids is closed to southbound traffic at the four-mile corner, Highway 87....
news / regionMay 14, 2013 - 6:33pm
May 13, 2013
Barn blaze near Perham kills 40 cattle
A barn and 40 head of cattle were destroyed in a fire just north of Perham Friday evening. Area firefighters were called to the scene of the fire, at 49596 Highway 8, at 5:43 p.m., according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office. The property, owned by Arlin Wanderi,...
news / localMay 13, 2013 - 3:36pm
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April 25, 2013
Moorhead man faces felony charge linked to shop fire in which Dilworth firefighter had heart attack
DILWORTH – A shop fire here that sent a volunteer firefighter to the hospital with a heart attack has led to criminal charges against the man accused of starting it by not following fire code regulations for welding. Bradley Harold Littlefield, 59, of Moorhead, is charged in Clay...
news / crimeApril 25, 2013 - 11:45am
April 20, 2013
New York Mills family puts out fire in their home
NEW YORK MILLS – A family here put out a fire in their own home that was reported about 7:30 p.m. Friday. When Ryan and Rachel Stout arrived at their home, 53435 376th St., with their three children, they saw flames in their dining room, according to an Otter Tail County Sheriff’s...
news / localApril 20, 2013 - 11:19am
March 29, 2013
Glyndon fire chief stresses good alarms after his home burns GLYNDON, MN
GLYNDON – When someone’s house catches on fire in the city, it’s important to get the fire chief on the phone right away. It’s especially...
news / regionMarch 29, 2013 - 9:47am
March 4, 2013
Minnesota barn fire kills 1,800 hogs
MORRIS, Minn. -- A barn fire in western Minnesota on Saturday morning killed about 1,800 hogs and caused nearly $700,000 in property damage,...
newsMarch 4, 2013 - 2:27pm
February 28, 2013
Vehicle lost to fire
A vehicle fire on Highway 33, north of Dalton, was extinguished by the Dalton Fire Department after an emergency call came in at 3:39 p.m.on Feb. 21. The owner of the vehicle was plowing snow when a transmission cooler line failed, causing fluid to spray onto hot engine and exhaust...
newsFebruary 28, 2013 - 3:38pm
February 21, 2013
Underwood home lost in fire
A rural Underwood home burned to the ground last Wednesday evening. No one was injured in the fire, which may have started around the home's heating unit, but officials deemed the house a complete loss. According to a press release from the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office, dispatch...
newsFebruary 21, 2013 - 11:53am
February 20, 2013
12 cows die in rural Hawley barn fire
HAWLEY, Minn. - Firefighters dealt with frigid temperatures as they battled a barn fire that killed 12 cows this morning in rural Hawley. The Hawley, Hitterdal and Ulen volunteer fire departments responded to the blaze, which was reported about 3:30 a.m. at 11149 210th St. N. Crews...
newsFebruary 20, 2013 - 11:14am
February 7, 2013
Wadena, Bluffton fire departments respond to fire
The Wadena and Bluffton fire departments responded Wednesday afternoon to a fire at 39923 County Highway 75 that Bluffton Fire Chief Ken Theisen...
newsFebruary 7, 2013 - 9:19am
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