Minneapolis woman charged with murder, arson in apartment fire
A 35-year-old woman is accused of intentionally setting a downtown Minneapolis apartment on fire last August, killing two people, according to Hennepin County court documents.
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A 35-year-old woman is accused of intentionally setting a downtown Minneapolis apartment on fire last August, killing two people, according to Hennepin County court documents.
One resident was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
A school bus blaze sent up a huge plume of smoke in downtown Minneapolis. We're waiting for the fire department to answer our questions about what happened, but our Frankie McLister spoke with Minnesotans who had a front-row seat to the chaos.
It happened Monday morning at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake.
Fire destroyed Winona's Black Horse Bar & Grill early Friday morning, with several fire departments trucking in water to help fight the blaze.
Los Angeles County officials confirm at least 25 people have died, though that number is expected to increase as search teams comb through thousands of charred buildings looking for remains.
Tens of thousands more people in Los Angeles are under threat of evacuation. They're watching high winds which could cause sparks to spread fast. Nearly 90,000 people have already been forced from their homes. WCCO's David Schuman is in Los Angeles County where he found people are not the only ones facing danger, their pets are too.
Millions of people in Southern California are on alert as powerful winds return to the region. The winds on Tuesday have been lighter than expected, but officials are not letting their guard down. The two largest wildfires burning near Los Angeles are still far from contained. The fires have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 buildings.
Worsening wind conditions now threaten the fight against multiple southern California fires.
Monday night's whipping winds could spark more explosive fire growth in Los Angeles. At least two dozen people have died so far in the infernos. Danya Bacchus is in the Pacific Palisades with the latest.
President Joe Biden has declared the situation a disaster and is pushing for more federal funding to help firefighters and those who've lost their homes.
An 80-year-old woman died Monday after suffering severe burns in a fire outside of an assisted living facility in northern Minnesota, police say.
A brush fire exploded in size amid powerful winds in northwest Los Angeles, forcing the evacuation of at least 30,000 residents in the affluent community of Pacific Palisades.
Christopher Daniel has lived in the Phillips neighborhood since 2016 and feels what is being done to help unsheltered and sheltered residents in the Phillips neighborhood is not working.
City crews are working to clean up what's left behind from Monday’s encampment fire in south Minneapolis. Meanwhile, a coalition of neighbors — with and without homes — are letting their voices be heard.
Fires burned through two separate south Minneapolis encampments Monday afternoon.
Fires burned through two separate south Minneapolis encampments Monday afternoon.
Subzero temperatures have sparked concern about the dangers of using propane to stay warm inside tents.
It was just after New Year's Day last year that a house fire changed a St. Paul family forever.
A man was injured in a fire on Saturday evening.
People living in camps are forced to fire up improvised heaters to survive the cold or try and squeeze into a packed shelter. That has advocates searching for solutions.
Two fires at homeless encampments in the Twin Cities is sparking concern as temperatures bottom out. People living in camps are forced to fire up improvised heaters to survive the cold or try and squeeze into a packed shelter. As our Adam Duxter reports, that has advocates searching for solutions.
A Minnesota family is mourning the loss of nine pets, after a fire destroyed their home before they could even move in.
A family spending time away for the holidays returned home to find their house a total loss.
An auto body shop in Waverly, Minnesota has been deemed a total loss after a fire broke out on Christmas Day.
