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State officials say a fire is burning at Soudan Underground Mine State Park near Tower. The Department of Natural Resources says no one has been hurt in the fire, which broke out Thursday evening with no one inside the mine.

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A kitchen fire caused about $6,500 in damage to a St. Cloud home. The fire department was called to the house at 1132 32nd Avenue North at about 8:00 p.m. last (Wednesday) night.

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A fire destroyed a home in northeast St. Cloud early this (Wednesday) morning. Fire Chief Bill Mund says the fire department was called to the home at 2175 Prospect Drive Northeast just before 1:30 a.m.

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Authorities say a 3-year-old playing with a lighter started a house fire in north-central Minnesota that caused an estimated $35,000 in damage. The child was playing with the lighter in a Brainerd basement before setting a mattress on fire.

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A Delta airplane engine caught fire Wednesday as it was pulling away from a gate at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Just two crew members were on the Boeing 757 when one of the two engines ignited.

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A fire broke out at the Hennepin County Law Enforcement Training Facility in Maple Grove. The Star Tribune reports crews were battling the blaze Saturday afternoon and working against thick, dark smoke that was pouring from the building.

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Fire investigators say a 70-year-old man's death while smoking led to a fire at an International Falls motel.

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Duluth police have arrested a "person of interest" in a fire that gutted the Peerless Collision Center. Crews were called early Monday to the two-story building in Duluth's Lincoln Park.

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A firefighter and a family were injured during a Christmas morning fire that severely damaged a Long Prairie home.

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A family in St. Joseph Township lost their home in a fire last (Tuesday) night. Four people were in the home when the fire started. Robert and Nancy Anderson, along with their son Daniel, and Steven Zotter all escaped with no injuries.

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