Series of garage fires cause damage in south Minneapolis

Hearth officers are investigating after 4 separate storage fires had been reported within the house of an hour in south Minneapolis early Thursday morning.

MFD crews responded to the primary fireplace on the 3400 block of twenty sixth Avenue South simply earlier than 6 a.m. On the scene, they discovered smoke coming from the storage in addition to a small fireplace outdoors of the storage. Crews extinguished the small fireplace and exterior of the storage earlier than checking inside, the place they didn’t discover any fireplace.

One other fireplace was then reported simply after 6 a.m. on the 3600 block of Bryant Avenue South. Crews once more discovered smoke coming from the storage, however it was closed. They compelled entry and extinguished a small fireplace inside.

Simply earlier than 6:45 a.m., crews responded to a report {that a} rubbish can fireplace had prolonged to a storage on the 4500 block of Snelling Avenue. Crews first extinguished the fireplace outdoors earlier than going contained in the storage. There, they put out extra fires, together with on a truck.

And shortly after 7 a.m., crews responded to a different fireplace on the 4500 block of Snelling Avenue. On the scene, they discovered a indifferent storage “totally engulfed” with fireplace. Crews once more extinguished it.

No accidents had been reported in any of the fires, and all the incidents are below investigation.