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February 26, 2018

Two die in Minn. mobile home fire

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. -- Kari Fellows smelled smoke Sunday night after stepping outside to let her dog out. At first, Fellows feared it...

news/fires February 26, 2018 - 7:51pm

January 24, 2018

Demian Carter

Answering the cry for help: Man helps neighbors escape deadly fire

It was just before 5:30 a.m. Jan. 15 when Demian Carter woke up to the sounds of his neighbor yelling. Half awake, the 21-year-old said he wasn't...

news January 24, 2018 - 6:48am

January 12, 2018

Judith Young looks at the remains of her neighbor’s mobile home, which was lost in a fire on Friday, Jan. 5. The fire claimed the lives of the two residents, Rose Marie Couillard, 59, and James (Jimmy) Willis Chandler, Jr., 49. Because working smoke detectors were not located in the mobile home, Young has made an effort to supply every mobile home in the park with working equipment. (Beth Leipholtz / Echo Press)

Fire deaths a cause for alarm

Helpless. That is the only word Judith Young could produce as she explained what it felt like to watch her neighbor's home burn, knowing the...

news January 12, 2018 - 1:01pm