With Western states enduring a historic drought, some towns are rejecting fireworks as a wildfire risk, even though nearly all civic fireworks displays are safely monitored by firefighters.
With above-normal fire activity expected in Canada, the region can expect smoky air this summer. But drought conditions in Minnesota have improved so the likelihood of major wildfires within the state is lower, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency forecast released Tuesday, April 26.
At 7:27 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, the fire department responded to the report of a fire in an apartment above Brigid's Pub, located at 317 Beltrami Ave. NW, in downtown Bemidji.
The family members were driving from a Mankato hotel because, roughly 14 hours earlier, their Minnesota Lake home had caught fire, when the crash happened.
