On Tuesday, State Fire Marshal Jim Smith released a report on key findings in the investigation into the Nov. 27 fire, which killed five and injured another three at a high-rise apartment in the ...

The Fourth of July each year highlights a regional disparity: the Midwest is home to states with some of the strictest and the most permissive fireworks laws. Minnesota, unlike neighboring Wisconsin ...

A state duty officer summoned a Minnesota fire marshal to New Ulm. Nearly three dozen members of the volunteer New Ulm Fire Department fought the fire which was spotted by a passer-by about 2 a.m ...

So far in 2023 there have been 19 fire-related deaths, according to the Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division. At this time last year there had been 17.

Minnesota’s fire marshal has been elected president of the National Association of State Fire Marshals. Jerry Rosendahl accepted the position May 6.The national association has two main missions.

Minnesota Fire Deaths: 2018: 37; 2019: 47; 2020: 62; 2021: 67; 2022: 70; According to the State Fire Marshal Division. While the cause is undetermined in the majority of fire deaths in 2022 – at ...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota has seen an increase in fire deaths since 2018 with 70 fatalities in 2022, the highest number since 1995. So far in 2023 there have been 19 fire-related deaths, according to ...

With fire deaths in Minnesota already surpassing last year, state officials are pleading with citizens to be careful during the winter holidays, which are historically some of the most deadly ...

The state fire marshal said a cigarette lighter ignited a leaking propane tank. "It is an absolute miracle from the lord that they are still here," said Dimitri Frank, the oldest brother to the ...

Minnesota saw 70 fire-related fatalities in 2022, according to newly released data from the State Fire Marshal Division. That's the most since 1995, when 86 lives were lost.

Weston (Wes) Werner of Eagan, Minnesota's fire marshal from 1972 to 1986, was instrumental in finding new ways to prevent fire tragedies. Werner, who formerly had served as the volunteer fire ...