A firefighter was injured by a small explosion that occurred as crews worked to extinguish a house fire in Northeast Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon.
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There was no immediate update on the worker s condition.
While crews were establishing a landing zone for the medical helicopter at the town hall, a call came in for a suspicious package at the Bank of America on Route 20, the fire department said.
The bomb squad was called in and used a robot to check out the item. It was determined not to be an explosive device. Officials say the suspicious package was a briefcase left in the bank s parking lot.
The two incidents are not connected but happened at the same time in Wayland, fire officials said. Lincoln Fire provided mutual aid support.