Minnesota flags at half-staff Sunday for fallen firefighters
Gov. Tim Walz ordered U.S. and Minnesota flags lowered at state buildings from sunrise to sunset Sunday, and he's asking businesses, organizations and individuals to do the same.
Watch CBS News
Gov. Tim Walz ordered U.S. and Minnesota flags lowered at state buildings from sunrise to sunset Sunday, and he's asking businesses, organizations and individuals to do the same.
The Minneapolis Fire Department says one of its firefighters was hospitalized amid the effort to halt a blaze inside a three-story apartment building.
The Minneapolis Fire Department invited a few special guests to step into their boots in a partnership with The Arc Minnesota.
Minneapolis Fire Department’s partnership with with Arc Minnesota is creating lasting impacts.
According to the Eau Claire Fire Department, Bryce Jungbluth, 27, suffered a medical emergency after his shift on July 26.
The Minnesota National Guard shared an inside look of wildfire suppression efforts. As of Thursday, there were 15 active wildfires in Superior National Forest, with three inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, according to MNICS. Public access to the Boundary Waters will remain closed until the fires are contained, officials said.
There’s been an outpouring of support for the victims from Wabasha and the surrounding areas.
A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after nearly drowning at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.
The truck parked inside Fire Station 7 in St. Paul was built just up the road in Wyoming, Minnesota, by a company working to make the vehicles safer for crews.
In 2023, the city of Vadnais Heights priced the construction of a new fire station at roughly 19 million dollars. This past January, that cost jumped. Last month, the city council approved a 33.3 million dollar bond without letting voters decide.
A Minneapolis Fire truck was parked outside the Uptown VFW on Saturday, not to put out a fire but to take part in a community event.
At a hangar in St. Paul, Minnesota, engineers at Momentum Aeronautics are building Heatwave, a new generation scooping float system designed to make one of firefighting aviation's most dangerous jobs safer.
The Minneapolis Fire Department was called to a utility generation plant on the 600 block of Main Street Southeast on reports of smoke and flames around 10:30 p.m. Friday.
Two Minneapolis firefighters are being treated for burns suffered while battling a blaze Thursday morning at a two-story residence.
Tim Bertz worked for the Harris and Lino Lakes fire departments, and on Dec. 17, he graduated from the St. Paul Fire Academy. He died just five days later.
The Minneapolis fire chief is retiring on Wednesday, but he isn't leaving the community that raised him.
Gov. Tim Walz has ordered U.S. and Minnesota flags at all state buildings to fly at half-staff on Monday to honor and remember St. Paul firefighter Timothy Bertz, who officials said died after suffering a "serious medical event."
Minnesota officials and members of the firefighting community will gather Monday to celebrate the passage of the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act.
Fifteen years ago, former Minneapolis firefighter Jake LaFerriere turned one of his darkest days into a tradition that now brings holiday cheer to some of Minnesota's most vulnerable patients.
Every holiday season, firefighters in Minneapolis give their time and gifts to burn survivors. Photojournalist Ray Campos and Jeff Wagner introduce a man who started the yearly tradition at the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center.
Hong Kong authorities say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
The Crosby Fire near Silver Bay, Minnesota, is now 70% contained, state officials said on Monday morning. According to the Minnesota Incident Command System, a lightning strike sparked the flames.
People with disabilities got an unexpected gift from the Minneapolis Fire Department on Friday. Photojournalist Tony Peterson shows how firefighters helped give them a day they’ll never forget.
Six columns were added to a memorial outside of the Minnesota State Capitol Sunday, honoring firefighters killed in the line of duty.
A firefighter from Minnesota died Friday while helping the U.S. Forest Service with a prescribed fire in Idaho, officials say.
