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Duluth Fire Dept. Set to Break All-Time Record for Yearly 911 Calls

Dec 13, 2021 05:54AM ● By Editor

This year, the fire department reports 13,930 calls so far and expect to hit 14,000 by the end of 2021, which would be the highest yearly total in history. By Natalie Noury of Fox 21 News - December 12, 2021

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Fire chief sparks wildfire: Blown-up golf cart ignites flames, controversy in small Northland community

Nov 18, 2021 05:36AM ● By Editor

Alborn fire chief Robb O’Bey and his family blew up a golf cart with 30 pounds of tannerite. The explosion was so big, it sent one of the wheels flying 180 feet. By Bonney Bowman of KBJR-TV - November 17, 2021

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Winter Weather Awareness Week: Winter home and fire safety

Nov 17, 2021 05:45AM ● By Editor

In the winter months, our heating, lighting, cooking, and holiday activities increase dramatically — and with them, the risk of residential fires. How to avoid them? From the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - November 17, 2021

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Ontario forest fires burned record area of land this summer as they displaced First Nations in northwest

Nov 11, 2021 06:13AM ● By Editor

Nearly two million acres of land were burned — a span larger than the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and surpassing the previous record by 200,000 acres that had been set in 1995. By CBC News - Thunder Bay - November 10, 2021

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Collected pinecones to reforest land burned in northern Minnesota fires

Nov 06, 2021 05:49AM ● By Editor

Some of the collected pinecones from this year could eventually find a new home in the scorched earth left behind by the Greenwood Fire, which burned a mix of state, private and US Forest Service land. By Mary McGuire of FOX 9 News - November 5, 2021

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Reminder to check smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors heading into the cold season

Nov 06, 2021 05:20AM ● By Editor

By Bo Fogal of KBJR-TV - November 5, 2021

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Inside Greenwood: A first look at damage caused by Minnesota’s largest wildfire in years

Oct 23, 2021 05:21AM ● By Editor

Prochaska said he felt fortunate, but also pointed out that he and his family had been vigilant clearing out dead trees and other plants close to the house that could easily burn. That effort likely saved the cabin. By Dan Wolfe of KBJR-TV - October 21, 2021

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With last remaining fire-related closure lifted, the BWCA is now fully reopened

Oct 02, 2021 06:18AM ● By Editor

Superior National Forest officials announced Friday that the last remaining closure order in the wilderness — related to the John Ek and Whelp fires — was now lifted. By Andrew Krueger of Minnesota Public Radio News - October 1, 2021

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