Minneapolis, MN
Fire destroys house in Minneapolis’ Hawthorne neighborhood
A house in Minneapolis’s Hawthorne neighborhood was left uninhabitable after a fireplace on Saturday, Nov. 19. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Firefighters had been battling a blaze that induced intensive harm to a 2 ½ story home within the Hawthorne neighborhood Saturday morning.
The Minneapolis Hearth Division mentioned crews responded to a report of a residential hearth at 7:38 a.m. on the 400 block of twenty fourth Avenue North.
Upon arrival, firefighters may see flames coming from the again of the home on the primary and second flooring. Crews started looking the house, however nobody was discovered inside.
The hearth was out round 8:30 a.m., and crews started extinguishing hotspots. No accidents had been reported.
The hearth division mentioned the house was deemed uninhabitable. The Purple Cross was referred to as for help to find short-term shelter for 2 adults who had been displaced.
The reason for the hearth is beneath investigation.
Latest fires
There have been a number of residential fires prior to now few days. On Tuesday, a kitchen hearth destroyed 9 items in an Edina condominium advanced. Initially, 39 items had been compelled to evacuate, and residents in 30 items had been allowed to return dwelling Friday morning.
In Iowa, a home hearth on Wednesday killed 4 kids and injured a number of others. Hearth officers decided {an electrical} energy strip induced the hearth.
Crews in St. Francis battled a home hearth on Friday, the place plumes of smoke might be seen popping out of a gap the place the roof as soon as was. Fortunately, no accidents had been reported.
Hearth security
Dwelling fires happen extra in winter than in another season. The U.S. Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) mentioned one in each seven dwelling fires entails heating tools.
The Minnesota Division of Security (DPS) mentioned during the last 5 years, 41% of fireplace deaths within the state occurred in November, December and January.
To assist stop fires, the companies advocate protecting something that may burn at the least three toes from warmth sources, solely plugging in a single heating supply per outlet, and protecting all vents away from snow, ice and particles.
For extra security ideas, view the DPS flyer right here and the FEMA flyer right here.
MINNEAPOLIS — A project to improve the Nicollet Avenue Bridge is getting $34.2 million in federal funding.
The funding is part of a $635 million grant for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects around the U.S., according to the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The bridge, which stands over Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis’ Tangletown neighborhood, was built in 1923 and underwent repairs in 1973, according to the city.
Federal officials say over 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
The city is planning to replace the bridge’s sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems and create protected bike lanes.
The money for the grant is part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was signed into law in 2021.
During construction, the bridge will be closed to all cars, bikes and pedestrians. Timing on construction is undecided, according to the city.
Dinkytown shooting injures 3 people
Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured. FOX 9 reporter Se Kwon has the latest details.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured early Friday morning.
What we know
A SAFE-U Emergency Alert states that three people were shot at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast around 2:15 a.m.
This area is in the heart of Dinkytown, just over half a mile west of Mariucci Arena and Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The shooting happened off of the University of Minnesota campus.
What we don’t know
Police have not released information on whether any U of M students were involved.
No suspect information is currently available.
More than two thirds of the utility poles throughout Minnesota are at least a half-century old and records show their failure rate dramatically increases with age, a problem exacerbated by climate change, experts said.
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