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    March 31, 2017
    Regional briefs - March 30 edition
    Chimney fire reported in Red Eye township
    News/regionMarch 31, 2017 - 2:00pm
    March 17, 2017
    A home on Long Lake Road in Ottertail is a complete loss after a fire on Saturday. Submitted photo
    Ottertail home destroyed by fire, owner in jail for arson
    A rural Ottertail man has been charged with first-degree arson after setting his home on fire Saturday. The Minnesota State Fire Marshall and...
    News/regionMarch 17, 2017 - 2:00pm
    March 13, 2017
    A home on Long Lake Road in Ottertail is a complete loss after a fire on Saturday. Submitted photo
    Ottertail home destroyed by fire, owner in jail for arson
    A rural Ottertail home was lost to fire on Saturday and its owner is currently in jail for arson. The blaze was reported to the Otter Tail County...
    News/localMarch 13, 2017 - 2:11pm
    March 5, 2017
    Father, 3 sons suffer smoke inhalation, but escape burning rural Minnesota home
    ALBANY, Minn. – A rural Albany man and his three young sons escaped their burning home late Saturday night. All four suffered smoke inhalation....
    NewsMarch 5, 2017 - 3:25pm
    March 1, 2017
    Deerwood firefighters battle a fire early Wednesday morning at Salem West church in Deerwood, Minn. Special to Forum News Service
    UPDATE: Fire at northern Minnesota church donation site for poor ruled arson
    DEERWOOD, Minn. -- A fire -- ruled an arson -- not only destroyed two structures early Wednesday morning in Deerwood in northern Minnesota, but...
    NewsMarch 1, 2017 - 9:55pm
    February 26, 2017
    Three children died in at mobile home fire at 420 17th Ave. in Carrington, N.D, early Saturday morning, officials said. The parents and another man survived the fire. Katie Fairbanks / Forum News Service
    Father, who lost 3 children in ND fire, is in Twin Cities burn unit
    CARRINGTON, N.D.—The father is in a Twin Cities burn unit with serious injuries, while the mother and another survivor have been treated...
    NewsFebruary 26, 2017 - 6:45pm
    February 25, 2017
    An online fundraiser on gofundme.com identified the three people killed in a fire in Carrington, N.D., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, as the three children of Dawn & Brandon Tufte. Special to Forum News Serviceplay button
    Three children killed in mobile home fire in Carrington
    CARRINGTON, N.D. -- Three children died in a mobile home fire here early Saturday morning, Feb. 25, authorities said. Three others survived...
    NewsFebruary 25, 2017 - 5:18pm
    January 19, 2017
    Warren, Minn., residents return home after Nordic Fiberglass fire triggers evacuation
    WARREN, Minn. — A warehouse fire that forced nearby Warren residents from their homes Wednesday is under investigation, though investigators...
    NewsJanuary 19, 2017 - 12:06pm
    January 12, 2017
    Wadena Fire Department called to Timber Roots
    Three Wadena firemen removed equipment from a truck Thursday morning after the fire department received a call to the Timber Roots yard at 1100...
    News/localJanuary 12, 2017 - 12:59pm
    January 5, 2017
    Firefighters removed wet, burnt silage from a trough in sub-zero weather Thursday morning. Photo by Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal
    Silo catches fire on rural Wadena farm
    A silo caught fire on the old Don Richter farm southwest of Wadena in Compton Township Thursday morning. Wadena and Deer Creek Fire Departments...
    News/localJanuary 5, 2017 - 12:52pm
    Perham firefighters responded to a vehicle fire on Highway 10 on Jan. 4. Submitted photo
    Car starts on fire on Highway 10 near Perham
    A car started on fire on Highway 10 just west of Perham yesterday. Perham Fire Chief Mark Schmidt said there were no injuries in the incident....
    News/localJanuary 5, 2017 - 11:00am
    December 25, 2016
    Using video surveillance, state and county investigators concluded that a faulty waste oil burner which was used to heat the OK Tire shop in Perham was the cause of a fire which destroyed the building last Tuesday night. Debbie Irmen/Forum News Service
    Overnight blaze engulfs Perham tire store
    A tire store fire in Perham late Tuesday, Dec. 14, prompted firefighters from nine additional communities to respond in an attempt to extinguish...
    News/localDecember 25, 2016 - 12:08am
    November 15, 2016
    Arson suspect flees in squad car in Alexandria
    The window separating the back of an Alexandria squad car from the front was only 11 inches by 11 inches, but a woman who had been arrested at a downtown fire on Sunday was able to squeeze through that window and speed off. Police said the suspect, Jennifer Hillard, 35, Alexandria,...
    News/regionNovember 15, 2016 - 8:15am
    Firefighters extinguish attic fire in downtown Wadena
    A fire that started in a downtown Wadena attic Tuesday night was quickly extinguished, with no additional damage reported. The Wadena Police Department was dispatched to 206 ½ Jefferson Street South at 9:39 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 for a possible attic fire. Officers arrived to the scene...
    News/localJuly 15, 2016 - 12:08am
    May 30, 2016
    A car burned after a gas pump explosion at the Cenex in Detroit Lakes Monday night.
    Gas pump explodes at Detroit Lakes Cenex
    A gas pump explosion at the Detroit Lakes Cenex had emergency crews scrambling early Monday evening. Just before 5 p.m. the Detroit Lakes Fire...
    News/regionMay 30, 2016 - 12:08am
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