Lighting may be responsible for 2 fires in northern Minnesota

(FOX 9) – Lightning strikes could also be the reason for two fires throughout the state of Minnesota as storms rolled by way of on Sunday.

The primary incident was reported in Polk County, Minnesota shortly earlier than 5 a.m. on Sunday. Hearth crews responded to a hearth in an outbuilding on a property off 330th Avenue SW in Climax, Minnesota.

On the scene, hearth crews discovered a number of gasoline tanks close to the constructing, with one of many tanks on hearth. Crews had been capable of knock down the flames earlier than the hearth unfold to different tanks.

No accidents had been reported. Crews say it seems a lightning strike sparked the flames and no foul play is suspected.

Sunday afternoon in St. Louis County, Minnesota, officers say a hearth there might have been attributable to a lightning strike. In response to investigators, hearth crews had been referred to as round 1 p.m. to a hearth alongside Freeway 73 in Balkan Township, north of Chisholm.

On the scene, crews discovered a hearth in a pole constructing. Crews had been shortly capable of knock down flames however say the constructing is taken into account a whole loss. The reason for the hearth just isn’t but identified however officers say lightning strikes had been seen within the space previous to the requires smoke.

In Brooklyn Park, crews had been additionally referred to as out round 12:18 p.m. for a house that was struck by lightning on Sunkist Parkway.

On the scene, hearth crews discovered a tree within the yard had been hit by the strike, with a part of the house being affected as properly. Nonetheless, crews say there was no hearth or reported accidents.