(Fargo, ND) A close call in North Fargo Monday.
Fire crews rushed to the scene of a multi-unit fire in the 300 block of 7th Avenue North around 6 a.m. We had two people trapped upstairs, but it ended up being smarter to just put the fire out first then help them down, said Fargo Fire Battalion Chief Dane Carley. Most of the damage was done to the outside siding, so it s not worst case scenario but their is still some good damage to the building.
Luckily, everyone was able to get out safe and fire investigators and looking into the cause of the blaze.
KVRR Local News
May 4, 2021
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) Firefighters respond to an early morning house fire Tuesday in North Fargo near North Dakota State University.
Crews were sent at 7:30 after a passerby noticed flames coming from the front side of the home on the 700 block of College Street North.
About four minutes after the call was made firefighters arrived on scene to find most of the fire already put out, but noticed there were still people inside.
“A couple passerby’s saw the fire and one had a Mountain Dew bottle and one had a water jug and they used those to knock down the bulk of the fire. There was two people inside the building but they were unaware so they were separated from it and didn’t know it was on fire until the police department as able to let them know,” Fargo Fire Department Battalion Chief Dane Carley said.