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Largely rural town of Nowthen now has its own fire department Nowthen gets its own fire department after ending contract with Ramsey April 27, 2021 2:57pm Text size Copy shortlink: Welcome to firefighting, the broadcast announcement from Anoka County Public Safety said. Congratulations.
A few hours later, firefighters answered the new department s first call: A tree had fallen on power lines.
Nowthen, in northwestern Anoka County, became a city 13 years ago and contracted with neighboring Ramsey for fire services. But rising administrative costs and different service needs in the two communities led to an amicable breakup and separate departments.
As many as 15 firefighters who had been on Ramsey s payroll will shift to Nowthen.
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Jan 7, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Health officials say careless smoking was the leading cause of fatal fires in Minnesota in 2020.
Fifty-three people died in fires last year, a 13% increase over 2019. Seven deaths last year were attributed to careless smoking, the fifth consecutive year it led to fatal fires, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Six victims died in fires that were attributed to gas leaks and five people died in cooking fires, the most since 2013, the department’s data showed.
Health officials said 70% of the fire deaths involved people 50 and older and 23% had alcohol in their systems.
The preliminary data shows most deaths occurred in a residence or business, and one in five occurred in a building that did not have a working smoke detector.