Fire heavily damages Minot home

Fire Wednesday afternoon heavily damaged a northeast Minot home. The Minot Fire Department was dispatched to 511 7th Street Northeast around 5:45 p.m. on April 24 for a report of a structure fire. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the front door and side windows. The homeowner had exited the building before the crews arrived. The firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, but damage had left the home uninhabitable. No injuries were reported. The fire remains under investigation.
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Fire burns roughly 1,000 acres across parts of Rolette County

VIDEO: Fire crews across Rolette County spent Tuesday battling six different grassland fires, including one that burned roughly 1,000 acres of land. Belcourt Rural Fire Chief AJ Laducer said the largest fire started near the Kent housing addition between Belcourt and Rolla heading south, and quickly spread. Laducer said every fire department within the county as well as BIA Forestry responded. He said no injuries were reported, and they managed to prevent any structures from getting damaged. BIA Forestry was to assess the damage more Wednesday, according to the fire chief. Laducer said the cause of the largest fire is unknown. He said it’s contained as of Tuesday evening, and they are monitoring hot spots, but crews are addressing another fire between Belcourt and Dunseith.
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Fargo Fire Department opens up about dramatic crash

For the first time since the dramatic crash between a fire truck and a motorcycle earlier this month, the Fargo Fire Department is sharing more about what happened and what you can do to be safer on the road. Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen says, “I’ve actually had a number of those, close encounters.” While he’s had close calls, Dirksen says in all his years driving fire trucks he’s never gotten into a crash in one. For three people on his team, that’s not the case. “They were shaken up quite a bit. You never want to be the responder and be part of an accident,” explains Dirksen. On Friday, April 12 a fire truck was responding to a structure fire when, according to official reports, the motorcycle side-swiped the fire truck. The crew inside sprung into action.
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