grass fire

The St. Cloud Fire Marshall is investigating a grass fire that burned a fence and destroyed a yard shed in north St. Cloud Monday evening.

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A wildfire in St. Cloud is being investigated as a possible arson fire. St. Cloud Fire Department Batallion Chief Jerry Raymond says the call came in at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, for a fire in the grassy area just to the east of Serenity Drive.

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State transportation officials closed I-94 at Stearns County Road 75 yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon while fire crews battled a fire. Several area fire departments were battling a grass fire along Interstate 94 between Stearns County Road 75 and Highway 15.

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Fire crews responded to a grass fire over the weekend. The St. Cloud fire department was assisted by the St. Augusta and Waite Park fire departments to put out a grass fire on Saturday night.

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The Kimball fire department was called to a grass fire at Highway 15 and Dellwood Road in Maine Prairie Township at about noon on Saturday. They were able to put out the fire in about 15 minutes.

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A fire that burned 1,600 acres of forest and grassland in north-central Minnesota is now completely contained. The fire broke out Sunday near the town of Nimrod, about 40 miles northwest of Brainerd.

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Don't be alarmed if you are driving along I-94 and you see smoke coming from a grass fire. The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be conducting prescribed burns along I-94 between St. Cloud and Sauk Centre until mid-May.

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Weekend travelers are cautioned to be extra careful with fire. The wildfire risk is high in much of the state.

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The Department of Natural Resources is warning of high fire danger over the southern half of Minnesota this weekend. Central and southern Minnesota have little or no snow cover.

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