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Update: Edina House Fire Turns Fatal
This morning’s house fire in Edina has claimed the life of a 74-year-old woman.
The woman’s 75-year-old husband was able to escape from the fire by jumping from a second floor window onto the garage roof, according to KSTP.
Crews were called out to the 7200 block of Lanham Lane about 12:30 a.m. and found heavy smoke showing from the 2 1/2-story dwelling.
Video shot by KSTP crews shows heavy smoke pushing from both floors of the dwelling and firefighters using handlines on heavy fire conditions right inside the front entryway. Another crews is forcing entry into the garage.
The fire burned through the roof on the D-side of the home.
KSTP reports that crews worked for several hours to locate the missing woman.
Mutual aid was received from Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Richfield and St. Louis Park.
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Weather and Water Hamper St. Paul Crews at Furniture Business Fire
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St. Paul firefighters battled frigid weather as they brought a multiple alarm fire under control in a row of businesses Tuesday morning. Low water pressure hampered initial companies in controlling the fire.
Firefighters responded to the Advanced Furniture and Leather Repair at 822 Prior Ave. around 3:20 a.m. Firefighters found heavy fire showing factory area of the one-story building on arrival. A second alarm was called shortly after crews arived.
The row of businesses was seperated by fire walls rated at two hours.
Firefighters moved into the “D” exposure with a handline to try to keep the fire from extending, but they were pulled out as the intensity of the fire grew, St. Paul Fire Public Information Officer Steve Zaccard said.
The roof collapsed about 20 minutes into the fire.
Ladder pipes from Ladders 18 and 20 flowed water into the structure. Crews also utilized portable master streams and hoselines.
“We had difficulty securing enough water for the heavy volume of fire,” Zaccard told Twin Cities Fire Wire. He said a third alarm was called 45 minutes into the fire for additional hoselines.
At 3:45, another fire was reported on Hamline Avenue South. Click here to read more about it.
Two additional engines were called around 5 a.m. for additional hoselines. Zaccard said that one water supply was established 3,000 feet of five-inch hose.
Engine 5 and Squad 1 worked in one of the exposures to knock down the fire. Ladder 8’s crew was assigned to perform a trench cut to prevent the fire from spreading.
At the time of the fire, the temperature was hovering around 10 below zero. The command post was moved to Squad 2’s cab.
One engine reported that their drain was frozen, thus disabling the unit.
Zaccard said that two firefighters suffered frostbite and were treated on scene.
An off-duty district chief was brought back into the city to act as Chief 4 to cover St. Paul.
Minneapolis Engine 21 and Ladder 2 were covering St. Paul Station 14. Units from Maplewood covered Station 17 and Roseville covered Station 22.
The fire was declared under control about 6 a.m.
Firefighters slowly cleaned up the scene, loading frozen hose onto pickup trucks to thaw.
At 10:45 a.m., command held Engines 5, 13, 14 and 23 to assist with the investigation and demolition of the building.
- Assignment: Engines 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, Ladder 7, 8 10, 18, 20, 22, Squads 1, 2 and 3 Medics 5, 8, Chiefs 1, 2, Car 5
Crews Tackle Fire in St. Paul Bar
Mutual aid firefighters assisted St. Paul crews in battling a fire at The Nook as a multiple alarm fire was already burning in the city Tuesday morning.
Units were called to 492 Hamline Ave. South about 3:45 a.m., just 30 minutes after the fire broke out on Prior Avenue.
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They arrived to find fire in the bar area of the business St. Paul Fire Public Information Officer Steve Zaccard said the fire was placed under control pretty quick, but it caused quite a bit of smoke damage.
Units from Minneapolis Fire Department assisted St. Paul crews. Maplewood Fire Department’s air unit was also called to the scene to refill SCBA cylinders.
Assignment: Engines 10, 15 and 22, Ladder 24
Crews Search for Missing Occupant in Edina Fire
Fire crews are searching the remains of a charred home for a missing occupant after a house fire in Edina Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were called to the 7200 block of Lanham Lane just after midnight. They arrived to find heavy smoke and fire from the 2 1/2-story dwelling.
According to KSTP, crews rescued a male from the second floor of the home.
Crews are now searching for a woman who was believed to have still been in the home.
Several departments were called to the scene of the fire.
Twin Cities Fire Wire will update this story today.
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