Minneapolis firefighters say they have mostly contained a large blaze that erupted at a homeless encampment Thursday morning and sent a plume of smoke over the city's south Side. "We got the bulk of the fire knocked down at this time," said Minneapolis Fire Chief Bryan Tyner, as he was en route to the fire on the 1100 block of E. 28th Street, just after 12:30 p.m. The city of Minneapolis said .
Fire Station #24 was home to an all-Black crew of firefighters way back in the early 20th century. Decades later, it took a lawsuit to get the City of Minneapolis to open up firefighter hirings to minorities.