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Plymouth Fire Consumes 2 Dozen Apartments
Dozens of residents were displaced after a fire-alarm fire ripped through a Plymouth apartment complex on Monday evening. Two residents and one firefighter suffered minor injuries.
Reported about 4:50 p.m., the fire consumed 24 apartments of the Plymouth Oaks Apartments at 3301 Highway 169. About 50 firefighters from 10 departments responded to bring the fire under control.
Plymouth Deputy Fire Chief Kip Springer told local media that it appears that the fire started on the third floor of the three-story building and that all residents escaped safely.
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Crews rescued several pets from the building.
The fire quickly spread through the top floor of the building and consumed the attic.
At least one aerial ladder was flowing a master stream and several hoselines surrounding the building poured water on to the flames.
“As late as 9 p.m., firefighters on extended ladders continued to pour water into hot spots on the blackened skeletal roof line in the middle section of the southwest wing of the L-shaped building, where the fire was concentrated,” the Star Tribune reported.
Deputy Chief Kip told the Star Tribune that investigators will be on the scene of an extended period of time. The paper also reports that complex staff has assisted the residents find shelter this evening.
Mutual aid was received from Brooklyn Park, Excelsior, Hamel, Minnetonka, Rogers, Wayzata and West Metro, according to local media.
KSTP-TV reports that a fire in July 2007 caused $4 million in damage to one building in the complex. Another fire, in February 2008, left 30 units damaged.
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Floor Collapses Moments After Coon Rapids Fire Crew Exits Home
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Coon Rapids firefighters were evacuated from a second floor room just a minute before the floor they were operating on collapsed on Sunday. The resident of the home was transported to a local hospital.
Coon Rapids crews were called to the two-story home at 10830 Grouse St. at 2:40 p.m. Engines 1 and 3 responded. Rescue 2, who just went in service from an accident scene, also responded. As they responded to the scene, several 9-1-1 calls were being received and crews could see smoke in the area.
Engine 1, with Captain Tim Gilsrud in command, arrived to find heavy fire from the attic of the garage attached to the two-story, split-level home. The fire was licking the side of the home, having breached the attic space. The siding on the D-exposure house was already melting.
“The garage roof had already collapsed into the garage itself,” Gilsrud told Twin Cities Fire Wire. “I have not really seen fire that far advanced that the roof’s collapsed on arrival.”
While Engine 11 assumed command and secured a water supply, Rescue 2’s crew stretched a 2 1/2-inch hoseline to the front of the home. They held the fire from the exposure and worked to knock down the heavy volume of fire in the garage.
“We needed to get into the attic to stop the spread,” Gilsrud said.
Engine 3’s crew stretched a 1 1/2-inch hoseline to the second floor. Crews were opening up the ceiling to access the attic space from the kitchen on the C/D corner of the home.
Gilsrud says that conditions were getting worse and he decided it was time to pull crews out.
“About a minute after we evacuated the house, the kitchen floor collapsed into the lower level,” according to Gilsrud. “We later found the kitchen table in the basement.
Crews regrouped outside the home and worked to knock down the fire as it took possession of the home.
Andover Engine 11 responded to the scene to assist crews with the extensive overhaul operations.
Allina EMS crews transported the resident of the home to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The damage left the home uninhabitable.
Floor Collapses During Coon Rapids House Fire
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A garage fire quickly spread to the attached home in Coon Rapids on Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters were dispatched to 10830 Grouse St. around 2:45 p.m. Engines 1 and 3 and Rescue 2 responded.
Engine 1 arrived to find heavy fire from the garage of the two-story home. Engine 1 pulled a 2 1/2-inch hoseline to knock down the heavy body of fire on the exterior.
Crews deployed a 1 1/2-inch hoseline to the interior of the home. Inside, they found that the fire advanced through the structure.
As crews tried to contain the fire on the interior, they were pulled from the structure. Shortly after, the interior floor collapsed.
TwinCitiesFireWire.com will update the story when additional details are available.
Smoke Alarm Alerts Prior Lake Residents to Fire
A Prior Lake family escaped their home after a fire was discovered shortly after midnight Friday.
Firefighters were called to the 4100 block of Grainwood Circle Northeast about 12:30 a.m.
Prior Lake Chief John Hartman told KARE-TV that “the fire appears to have started in the garage, then jumped to the back of the house.”
According to the Prior Lake American, the occupants were alerted to the fire by smoke alarms.
Mutual aid was received from Mdewakanton Emergency Services, Savage and Shakopee.
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Two-Alarm Fire Leaves 1 Injured in South St. Paul
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A resident was injured by a two-alarm fire in South St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon.
South Metro Fire was dispatched for a reported house fire in the 400 block of 12th Avenue North at 2:43 p.m.
As fire units were responding, they received a report from police that fire was coming from one window of the home. Chief 1 called a second alarm to bring off-duty personnel back.
Engine 2 arrived at 2:47 to find fire and smoke showing from the A/B-corner of the 1 1/2-story home.
Two 1 3/4-inch hoselines were brought to the rear entrance and Engine 2 and Ladder 2 made a positive pressure attack, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mark Erickson.
Engine 1 arrived and established a water supply for Engine 2 from a nearby hydrant. The crew then stretched a backup 1 3/4-inch line to the rear.
The lone resident of the home escaped the fire and suffered minor injuries. HealthEast Ambulance treated and transported him to United Hospital.
Ambulance 1’s crew assumed rapid intervention duties.
The fire was under control by 3:02 and Erickson said it was confined to two rooms with slight extension into the attic.
Engine 22 and Ladder 1 responded on the second alarm and Engine 12 was staffed to cover the stations.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- First Alarm Assignment: Engines 2 and 1, Ladder 2, Ambulance 1, Chiefs 1, 2 and 3, Inspector 1. Second Alarm: Engine 12, Ladder 1
Resident Injured in South St. Paul Fire
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A resident was injured during a house fire in South St. Paul on Wednesday.
South Metro Fire crews were called to the 400 block of 12th Avenue North about 2:45 p.m.
They found smoke from the one-story dwelling and a second alarm was called.
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Updated: Gas Fireplace Ignites St. Paul House Fire
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Updated at 11:30 a.m.: St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard reports that the fire was caused by a gas fireplace in the basement of the home, not a wood stove as we originally reported.
It is believed that a wood burning stove started a St. Paul house fire just after noon Monday.
Firefighters were called to 1655 Fernwood St.about 12:30 p.m.
Engines 18, 22 and Ladder 22 arrived to find smoke showing from the one-story dwelling.
Engine 22 stretched an attack line into the basement and Engine 18 brought a line to the first floor. Ladder 22 assumed search duties.
Engine 5 secured a water supply and then backed up Engine 18 on the first floor. Squad 1 brought a backup line to the basement.
Crews reported that fire burned through the floor of the A/D corner of the home.
The fire was placed under control about 12:55.
- Assignment: Engines 22, 18, 5, Ladder 22, Chief 2, Squad 1 RIT Assignment: Engine 8, Ladder 18, Squad 3, Chief 1
Semi Rolls, Catches Fire in Mound View
A semi-truck rolled over early Monday, erupting in flames and closing two main thoroughfares in Mounds View.
The truck, hauling french fries, rolled as it exited Highway 10 to Interstate 35W around 1 a.m.
The driver escaped the truck with minor burns.
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Officials: Spring Lake Fire Accidental
A fire that destroyed a Spring Lake Township home on Saturday morning was caused by spontaneous combustion.
Prior Lake Fire Chief Doug Hartman told KSTP-TV that the fire broke out in rags that were being used to stain the home that as being remodeled.
The fire was reported about 8 a.m. at 21101 Addison Dr.
No one was occupying the home when the fire broke out.
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Update: Crews Save Champlin Home
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Firefighters kept the damage to a Champlin home minimal after an attached garage fire on Friday afternoon.
Anoka-Champlin (ACFD) crews were called to 10911 Tanglewood Ln. North at 4:10 p.m. Auto aid from Andover, Maple Grove and Ramsey was also started.
ACFD Chief 2 arrived and found the garage fully involved.
Firefighters deployed 1 1/2-inch hoselines to attack the heavy volume of fire in the garage and protect the home.
Anoka-Champlin Chief Charlie Thompson said crews “stopped the fire just as it breached the attic of the residence.”
Units from Osseo and Coon Rapids covered Anoka-Champlin stations while crews were on the scene.
The fire caused $150,000 damage and Thompson said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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