36 articles tagged “House Fire”
The four victims of a fatal house fire in White Bear Lake have been identified as Jessi Pierce, a well-known sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild, and her three children. The White Bear Lake Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at a single-family home on the 2100 block of Richard Avenue just before 5:30 a.
An adult and three children are dead after an early morning house fire in White Bear Lake on Saturday.
A house fire in Saint Paul led to a first-degree arson charge after police say a man set the blaze while his mother was inside and unable to leave. The incident happened around 12:43 p.
Andrew Michael Alvarez, 29, was sentenced Feb. 27 after pleading guilty to first-degree arson of a dwelling stemming from a June 2, 2025 fire in Roseville.
Crews arrived within five minutes of the call and encountered heavy smoke and flames pouring from every side of the two-story multi-family home.
The fire was reported around 7:40 p.m. Jan. 29 at a residence in rural Compton Township, west of Wadena, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office.
The Rochester Fire Department was dispatched at 10:15 p.m. to a reported structure fire at a home in the 800 block of Fox Pointe Lane Southwest.
Kyla Monae Denise Vinson is charged with three counts of felony child endangerment involving situations likely to cause harm or death. Each count carries a potential sentence of up to five years in prison.
At about 5:01 p.m., Minneapolis firefighters were dispatched to reports of a residential structure fire at a one-and-a-half-story home in the 4300 block of 30th Avenue South.
Saint Paul fire crews were dispatched around 12:44 a.m. to the 400 block of Cook Avenue East, where firefighters arrived to find heavy fire conditions on the front porch.
When officers arrived, they found the hallway filled with thick black smoke and heard residents yelling for help. Officers immediately began evacuating elderly and immobile residents while working to control the fire.
Crews were dispatched around 4:01 p.m. to a two-story house at 3600 Garfield Avenue and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a first-floor window.
