VIDEO: Several structures, scores of vehicles destroyed in fire near Burlington

PHOTOS: Fire officials said five structures and as many as 100 vehicles burned at a fire on a property between Minot and Burlington Sunday. Burlington Rural Fire Chief Karter Lesmann said the call came in around 3:15 p.m. of a fire in the 9300 block of 114th Avenue NW. Roughly 40 firefighters from at least nine different fire departments responded, including Minot Air Force Base. A barn in the middle of the property that was on fire was torn down, and it almost immediately became fully engulfed in flames upon collapsing. No official cause of the fire was released, though the property owner indicated some garbage had been burned earlier. Lesmann said the day’s winds posed a challenge. Lesmann said four garages and the barn were destroyed.
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State 911 dispatchers talk about mental health toll

When you see people experiencing trauma, it can affect your mental health. So, imagine what it must be like to have to talk somebody through those experiences as part of your job. That’s what 911 dispatchers do every day, and it can take its toll. Seventeen years ago, Brandy Dahlin’s former boss recruited her to work at the State Radio Communication Department after seeing her work as a waitress. She said he was impressed by her ability to remember customers’ orders without writing anything down— a useful skill for a dispatcher. But that skill didn’t necessarily prepare her for the emotional toll that being a first responder can take. She cites a particularly stressful day when she had to help a woman who had pulled over on the side of the road to give her husband CPR.
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