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A child playing with a lighter is being blamed for a fire in a Rochester apartment building Saturday evening.

Somehow during grilling the 20 pound liquid petroleum (LP) cylinder fell off it's holder and the hose broke. This released pressurized LP which started the fire. Chief Dienst said today, "It was basically a flame thrower."

An apparent lightning strike during one of the thunderstorms that moved through the Rochester area this morning resulted in a natural gas leak at a home in northeast Rochester.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is assisting with the investigation into a fire fatality in Winona.

Rochester firefighters were called out to deal with an unusual situation Wednesday - an ice-making machine that had caught fire.

Rochester firefighters responded to a report of a house on fire early Saturday near Mayo High School.

Rochester firefighters had to return to the scene of a pole shed fire this afternoon after a fire in the structure apparently reignited.

A fire caused unknown damage to a rural Byron shed Monday morning - about 12 hours after an earlier fire inside the same building.

Chatfield, MN (KROC AM News) - A fire has left a Chatfield-area family without a home and several pets.
No one was home when a neighbor spotted the fire at the Lori Janet residence around 7:30 PM Wednesday. The mobile home is located in the 7500 block of 132nd Ave SE, about 5 miles north of Chatfield…

The Hampton man who was badly burned in the house explosion that killed his live-in partner earlier this month has died from his injuries.