Fire

Neighbors of the house that reportedly exploded Thursday morning in South St. Paul react to the deadly fire. FOX 9's Karen Scullin has the details and updates on the fire.

A person was killed and a home in South St. Paul was reduced to rubble following a reported explosion and fire Thursday morning. Officials said they were called to an explosion at a house at 1221 9th Avenue South around 6:18 a.m. Upon arrival, the house was fully engulfed in flames and neighboring homes had some fire damage, South Metro Fire Chief Mark Juelfs said.

SkyFOX was above the scene of a South St. Paul home that was destroyed in a fire. Few details have been confirmed, but officials have said the fire started in a home near the 900 block of Dale Street West around 6 a.m. SkyFOX flew over the home at 8:30 a.m. The house was reduced to mostly rubble, with a few exterior walls still standing.

Crews are battling a fire in South St. Paul on Thursday morning. Few details have been confirmed, but officials have said the fire started in a home near the 900 block of Dale Street West around 6 a.m.

A fire at an Eagan apartment building near Denmark Avenue and Duckwood Drive has displaced residents. But no injuries or fatalities have been reported. Eagan fire officials received calls about the flames around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Two adults and two children were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and burns to their hair after a Minneapolis apartment caught fire.

After recently being diagnosed with ALS, Linda Dieken donated her treasured piano to Brooklyn Park’s Salvation Army Worship Center, which recently reopened after an arsonist torched the church.

More than a year after a vacant apartment complex on Lyndale Ave South was extinguished; its remnants are finally getting cleaned up by city contractors.

Brooklyn Park police two vehicles collided at the intersection of Interstate 694 and County Road 81, causing one of them to start on fire. Police say the vehicle that started on fire is believed to be the one to strike vehicle, the driver of the second vehicle were treated for minor injuries. Occupants of the vehicle on fire, fled from the scene and the driver of the second vehicle was later arrested, according to police.

After it burned in an act of arson, the Salvation Army finally reopened its chapel in Brooklyn Park on Sunday.