One person is dead after a Thursday morning apartment fire in Duluth.
According to the Duluth Fire Department, the fire was reported at 2:29 a.m. Thursday on the 600 block of 47th Ave. E. in the Lakeside neighborhood.
Crews arrived to the three-story, seven-unit apartment complex with no visible flames, but responders reported seeing light smoke in the first-floor hallway.
Residents were told to evacuate, and DFD found an active fire inside one unit on the first floor of the apartment complex.
Crews were able to extinguish the fire within 8 minutes while other crews evacuated six residents and multiple pets.
According to the Duluth Fire Department, one person was found dead in the apartment unit where the fire was.
No other injuries were reported.
Officials said damage was limited to the apartment with the fire, with damages estimated around $25,000.
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At around 10:12 Tuesday morning, the Fergus Falls Fire Department received a report of a vehicle on fire at Lakeway Gas Station, just outside of Fergus Falls.
First responders arrived on the scene at around 10:17 and had the fire extinguished within 3-5 minutes.
The gas station employees had shut off the pumps before responders arrived, which helped keep the fire from spreading.
Fergus Falls Police Officers helped block the parking lot and keep vehicles away while the fire was extinguished.
According to Fergus Falls Fire Chief Ryan Muchow, the fire appears to have started in the engine compartment of the pickup before fully engulfing the cab.
While the pickup cab was engulfed in flame, damage to the gas pump that the truck was using was minor and no injuries were reported.
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