HOUSE FIRES
Officials: House fire in rural Polk Co. was arson 
The house fire in rural Erskine, Minn., on Thursday morning came at just about the worst time possible and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office now believes it was caused by arson.
By Herald Staff Report , August 26, 2011
Cause of Moorhead blaze prompting family's late-night escape likely to be undetermined
The cause of a house fire that displaced a Moorhead family of five late Tuesday will probably go down as undetermined, Moorhead Fire Marshal Rich Duysen said Wednesday morning.
By Wendy Reuer , July 06, 2011
Children with lighter cause St. Cloud house blaze
Children playing with a lighter caused a house fire in north St. Cloud, Minn., on Monday evening, according to St. Cloud Fire Department. The fire caused $90,000 worth of damage to the home and its contents at 934-33rd Ave. N.
By St. Cloud Times / MCT , July 06, 2011
New Ulm fire: relatives mourn 6 lost
Two firefighters and a police officer were staffing a post Tuesday at the site of a New Ulm house fire that claimed six lives Saturday. Authorities were keeping the site secure for fire investigators and insurance representatives as a steady stream of people passed by and snapped photos in the aftermath of what is thought to be the city's worst loss-of-life blaze.
By Brian Ojanpa , July 05, 2011
After fire, New Ulm, Minn., grieves for what's lost
Its once stately porch was blackened, its roof caved in, its perimeter marked by the yellow tape of disaster. But the scores of somber people who came by the Bohemian Bed and Breakfast in this picturesque south-central Minnesota town Sunday had no trouble recalling the iconic structure that had stood since 1899 at the corner of S. German Street.
By Nicole Norfleet , July 04, 2011
Fire from unattended candle damages Duluth, Minn., home
For at least the third time in recent months, unattended burning candles caused a house fire in Duluth late Tuesday.
By Duluth News Tribune / MCT , June 29, 2011
Minnesota man removed from fire, then kicks police
A Mankato, Minn., man, who was being kept from going back into his smoke-filled house, was arrested Thursday morning after he allegedly kicked a police officer.
By Dan Nienaber , June 16, 2011
Fire destroys West Fargo mobile home
A mobile home was destroyed by a quick-moving fire that started about 1 Wednesday afternoon, leaving its three adult residents with no home in West Fargo, N.D. West Fargo Fire Chief Roy Schatschneider said it took about 15 minutes for firefighters to extinguish the flames at 1372 Starr Ave., a trailer in Brookwood Mobile Home Park.
By The Forum , May 18, 2011
One dead in Grand Forks house fire
Woman killed believed to be former Herald reporterA former Grand Forks Herald reporter apparently died in an early morning fire Wednesday in her home at 1104 Boyd Drive, one of her sons said.
By Chuck Haga , April 27, 2011
Victim of fatal Edina house fire identified
UPDATED 11:50 A.M.Fifty-four-year-old Cynthia Robb was found near the front entrance in her house in Edina. Her husband and two daughters were not at home.
By Associated Press , April 18, 2011
Fire destroys north Grand Forks home
A fire destroyed a small, older house on the near north side of Grand Forks on Tuesday evening as its owner sat on the berm across Third Street, cradling her frightened Sheltie dog and watching firefighters battle the smoky blaze. Open article to see video of the North Third Street fire.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 29, 2011
Ex-Atlanta Braves pitcher, family escape home fire
Former Braves pitcher Mark Wohlers calls his wife a hero for saving him and their three young children from a fire that ravaged their suburban Atlanta home.
By Jeff Martin , March 01, 2011
Longtime Cass sheriff's deputy's home destroyed by fire
ARGUSVILLE, N.D. – Fire on Saturday destroyed the rural Argusville home of a longtime Cass County sheriff’s deputy who recently had a pistol stolen from his home, allegedly by a suspected convenience store robber.
By Mike Nowatzki , February 26, 2011
Victims of Grand Forks house fire identified
The woman killed in Friday's early morning house fire at 443 Campbell Drive was Teresa Numedahl, according to information released by Grand Forks County Fire Department Saturday morning. Her husband, Jim Numedahl, was taken to Altru Hospital with unspecified injuries, the department said in a release. Three dogs inside the house also died.
By Herald Staff Report , February 26, 2011
Mayville house fire keeps 3 departments battling snow, cold and blaze
A house fire in Mayville, N.D., kept three fire departments busy since early Sunday morning. The unoccupied house, one of the biggest and oldest in town, had nearly burned to the ground by 8:30 p.m. Sunday as firefighters monitored in and kept it from spreading, said Mayville Fire Chief Lee Brenna.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 16, 2011
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