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Fires

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Pug from hell climbs pile of items, pees on electrical outlet, starts house fire in Chaska

    Think dogs are man's best friend? This Chaska pug sounds more like his or her owner's worst enemy. Last week, Chaska firefighters responded to a house fire. Thankfully, the blaze was quickly extinguished, and an investigation into the fire's cause commenced. WCCO reports that investigators noticed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Cars go up in flames during Dinkytown blaze [VIDEO]

    A confluence of unfortunate events may have joined forces to spark an intense blaze in Dinkytown early Sunday morning.Around 2:25 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a car fire on the 700 block of 8th Avenue SE. Upon arrival, they found a downed power line sparking in the middle of the stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Firefighters battle flames in drag [VIDEO OF THE DAY]

    Apparently, not everyone spends St. Patrick's Day being drunk and generally worthless. According to Paul Streitz, a parade-goer who captured the whole thing on his iPhone, volunteer firefighters from Sedan were about to drive their rig in a St. Paddy's Day parade when a vehicle caught fire nearby. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Stevens Square apartment fire: Origin 'undetermined'

    After a weekend-long investigation, the Minneapolis Fire Department has ruled the cause of an apartment fire in Stevens Square "undetermined." According to the department's arson unit, the fire most likely started in the electrical room on the Northwest corner of the building, caused by some sort o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Stevens Square apartment burns all night [PHOTOS]

    A raging fire broke out in one of the most densely populated areas of Minneapolis early this morning. As of 9 a.m., Minneapolis firefighters were still trying to finish off the three-alarm apartment fire in Stevens Square, a neighborhood just south of downtown cluttered with brownstone apartments. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Stevens Square apartment fire: The damage [PHOTOS]

    Twelve hours after the first 911 call was placed, Minneapolis firefighters are leaving the site of a massive apartment fire in Steven Square, a densely populated area just south of downtown. The fire department first got the call around 2:06 a.m that a complex on the corner of 2nd Avenue South and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    I-94 gasoline tanker crash kills driver, shuts down rush hour traffic

    A gas tanker drove over a median on I-94 this morning, causing a fire that killed the driver and melted the asphalt in the westbound lanes. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. just east of Hudson, Wisconsin, shutting down rush hour traffic in both directions, says Wisconsin State Patrol Lt. Jeff Lo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Talk of the Stacks: Will Hermes

    A gas tanker drove over a median on I-94 this morning, causing a fire that killed the driver and melted the asphalt in the westbound lanes. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. just east of Hudson, Wisconsin, shutting down rush hour traffic in both directions, says Wisconsin State Patrol Lt. Jeff Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Fire destroys booths at Renaissance Fair

    ​On the eve of its closing weekend, a fire has burned several booths at the Minnesota Renaissance Fair in Shakopee. The fire started around 6:15 a.m. this morning, a few hours before the fair was set to open. The fire was thought to have started in a chicken shack, which had burned up by the time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Firefighter describes fighting south Minneapolis church arson

    The fire started in at least three locations.​An abandoned church that burned down Monday morning has been ruled an arson case by the Minneapolis Fire Department. The fire -- which was too advanced for firefighters to extinguish and save the structure by the time they arrived -- appeared to have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Louis Ambrose charged with arson, attempted murder for setting own house on fire

    Louis Ambrose wanted his wife, and himself, to die in a fire.​Louis Ambrose had been threatening to kill his wife for years, and had already threatened to set her on fire earlier in August. On Tuesday, Ambrose tried to do both things at once, setting fire to the St. Paul fourplex house where he, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Jeron Patterson arrested for arson of Mark Dayton's former home

    Police traced Patterson with his debit card purchases.​Jeron Patterson, a 29-year-old Minneapolis man with no prior criminal record, was arrested yesterday for the arson that damaged the former home of Gov. Mark Dayton.At 2 a.m. July 2, Patterson set three different fires to the outside of the hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Apartment fire in Stillwater was arson

    St. Croix Valley Red CrossThe aronist hit just after 3 a.m. Wednesday.​A fire that drove 59 people from a Stillwater apartment complex was arson, the Minnesota fire marshal ruled yesterday.Just after 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, residents of Birchwood Apartments noticed smoke, and some reported heari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Blackbird Cafe wants Heidi's to pay for 2010 fire damages

    Kate NG Sommers.Firefighters played defense to the massive February 2010 fire.​It's been more than a year since a two-alarm fire destroyed several restaurants and retail shops in the Lynnhurst neighborhood, and the owners of Blackbird Cafe now want Heidi's to foot the damage bill. Blackbird a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Khairi Coleman won't be charged in 2-year-old nephew's death

    Amir Coleman died a year ago in March.​Remember the story of Amir Coleman, the 2-year-old boy left to die in a St. Paul house fire a year ago? The Ramsey County attorney's office now says there isn't enough evidence to charge the little boy's uncle, Khairi Coleman, with arson. The case has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Treehouse Records, Uptown Bulldog threatened by Lyndale Ave fire

    Photos by Ben Clark​A basement fire broke out beneath the Lyndale Grocery & Deli after midnight on Sunday night, drawing Uptown residents out onto the streets to gawk and worry over the well-being of the grocery store and its neighboring businesses -- the Bulldog restaurant and bar, plus Treeh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Giant plume of smoke rises in Northeast Minneapolis

    Photo: Liz BleyThe mysterious plume.​Concerned downtown Minneapolis worker Liz Bley sent us a photo this morning of what appears to be a giant plume of smoke rising over Northeast Minneapolis. Yikes! We called the fire department to track down the cause, and they said there weren't any fires ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Little Joe Gustafson charged with 14 counts, racketeering

    Little Joe Gustafson, leader of the Beat Down Posse, was booked into jail this morning​Joseph Duane "Little Joe" Gustafson, a North Minneapolis man who terrorized his neighborhood for years, is being charged today with 14 felony counts: racketeering, assault, making terroristic threats, kidnap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Rhonda Arkley jailed after torching house with husband inside [UPDATE]

    Rhonda Arkley, fresh from the hospital, is jailed.​After being hospitalized for nearly a month, Rhonda Lee Arkley has finally swapped her hospital bed for a Dakota County jail bunk. She made her first court appearance this morning for charges of arson, fleeing police and assault. Cops say she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Rhonda Arkley charged with torching house while husband was inside

    Rhonda Arkley tried to stab herself to death with a screwdriver.​The Apple Valley woman who torched her house and attempted suicide with a screwdriver has been formally charged with arson, assault and fleeing cops, though she has still not left the hospital. The complaint throws new light on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    John Berken, firefighter and fire lighter, now caught in credit card scam

    John Berken, troubled guy.​John Berken, a Forest Lake guy with felony convictions for forging checks and theft, seemed like he'd really turned his life around. He'd even morphed into the ultimate hero: a volunteer firefighter. Everything seemed to be going great. Until he set a wildlife refu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Man Down: Follow the paper trail

    Minneapolis firefighters say budget cuts have made their jobs more dangerous.​Much of the information in this week's feature, "Man Down," comes from fire reports, national studies, statistics maintained by the city, and various other documents. Sure, some of the paperwork is kinda of boring. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    St. Cloud fire engine burns at fire station

    Photo by JeffK, Flickr.On the upside, a fire at the station means big savings on gas.​This has got to be a little embarrassing. A fire broke out in a St. Cloud fire station this morning, destroying a rig and causing smoke damage to the building. At lease one fire fighter was even admitted to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Porta-potty torching prank engulfs Elk River business in flames

    Credit: Vagabond ShutterbugUgly as it is, try avoid the temptation to burn it down​It's an old gag: Burn down the porta-potty. But whomever torched the 30 toilets lined up in a storage yard near 4th Street in Elk River the other night unleashed flames that ended up nearly destroying the adjace ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    McMahon's Pub fire wasn't arson, investigators say

    Image via ocypete/YouTube​Arson has been ruled out as the cause of the fire that destroyed an East Lake Street building and killed three people last month. "Investigators extensively combed the remnants of the building, conducted interviews and presented evidence to forensic laboratories for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Gordon Weaver sentenced again in wife's 1999 death

    Gordon Weaver​Gordon Weaver, who's now been convicted twice of killing his wife in 1999 at their White Bear Lake home,

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    McMahon's Pub announces fundraisers after deadly fire

    Image via ocypete/YouTube​Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire on Friday that killed six people and destroyed the building on Lake Street that once housed McMahon's Pub and six upstairs apartments. In the meantime, the pub has announced two fund raising events for f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    2-year-old dies in St. Paul fire that police are calling suspicious

    Police want to talk with a man they know was at the home just before the fire was reported.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Gordon Weaver, nabbed via "America's Most Wanted," convicted again of killing his wife

    Weaver knocked his wife, Jean, unconscious during a fight in their home and set the house on fire, prosecutors said.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Heidi's, Patina, Blackbird in Lynnhurst gutted by fire

    A two-alarm fire is raging in the Patina retail store on 50th Street at Bryant Avenue in the city's Lynnhurst neighborhood.

  • News

    February 17, 2010

    Joe Gustafson lives above the law in north Minneapolis

    Former Hell's Angel is about to get taken down

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Eagan man's pot lamp starts townhouse on fire

    It's one thing to have your townhouse start on fire, but even worse when the cops find your entire weed growing operation and determine it caused the fire in the first place.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Greycoats offering album as free download

    The local band is playing a show tonight at the Turf Club.

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Firefighter accused of setting porta-potty fire, planned crime for months

    Who doesn't enjoy the smell of burning shit and urine cakes?

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Another Lake Harriet sailboat torched

    After one boat was torched last weekend and several others were ransacked, police are investigating another instance of arson on a boat.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Bad idea: Teens burn St. Paul home with fireworks

    Apparently lighting fireworks on the porch is a bad idea.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Shellac

    Apparently lighting fireworks on the porch is a bad idea.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Arsonist caught after purchasing Wal-Mart gas can

    Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    North Star Foods meat processing facility burns to the ground

    Fire devastates a St. Charles meat processor, leaves hundreds jobless.

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    STD rates are on the rise in Minnesota

    This time in the suburbs

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    What's Wrong with Wisconsin?

    This time in the suburbs

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2006

    That burning sensation: northside edition

    This time in the suburbs

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2006

    The fire man returneth?

    This time in the suburbs

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2006

    The Arsons of April: Gangs, drugs and child's play

    This time in the suburbs

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    The Fire Man

    On the streets of northeast Minneapolis where he’s lived most of his life, Alan Enger is nicknamed "Backdraft." By the time he landed in prison last year, cops think he had set up to a hundred fires in the area.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Off Beat

    On the streets of northeast Minneapolis where he’s lived most of his life, Alan Enger is nicknamed "Backdraft." By the time he landed in prison last year, cops think he had set up to a hundred fires in the area.

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Off Beat

    On the streets of northeast Minneapolis where he’s lived most of his life, Alan Enger is nicknamed "Backdraft." By the time he landed in prison last year, cops think he had set up to a hundred fires in the area.

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    Playing With Fire

    Even as they began sifting through the cinders in 1994, police figured they knew who set the Phillips apartment fire that nearly killed two little girls. But arson has a way of destroying all the evidence.

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