Units from CAFD Stations 1 & 2 responded to a reported industrial fire at 00:38hrs on June 7, 2010.  Upon arrival crews were met by heavy smoke conditions on the 18th Street side of the building.  Crews made entry and found the #5 match machine heavily involved in flames.  The fire was quickly knocked down but due to the large volume of smoke in the building CAFD staff began ventilation operations and remained on scene for 2 hours. 

On June 3, 2010 CAFD units responded to a reported kitchen fire at 804 Ann Circle.  Upon arrival units found smoke coming from the front door of the home and CAFD crews made entry into the kitchen area.  The home sustained moderate smoke damage, and the smoke was vented by fire district staff.  The fire was kept in check prior to CAFD arrival by the homeowner using a garden hose.

On Friday May 7, 2010 the first snow since February caused numerous traffic accidents in the area including one involving an ambulance.

The CAFD answered a call for mulitple Medic units at a vehicle accident on Hwy 2 at the St. Louis River Bridge.  The accident involved an ambulance that was traveling east bound and transporting a patient to a hospital in Duluth.  The ambulance overturned and hit the gaurd  rail on the bridge resulting in fatal injuries to one person and non-life threatening injuries to the two EMS providers.  Two people were transported to Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital by Medic units 9 & 12.

District Fire Crews were kept busy Sunday evening with seperate fires.  The first occurred on the Ditchbank road where 12-15 different wildfires were reported between the 1st and 2nd bridge.  District crews worked alongside MN DNR, FDL Forestry and the BIA to supress all fires while keeping damage to a minimum.  Battalion 3, Squad 6, Brush 21 and  Eng. Co. 22 all responded.

While crews were clearing those fires, a report of an outbuilding fire off of the Moorehead Road sent Eng. Co. 2  Battalion 3, Tanker 22 and Medic 12 to the scene.  Upon arrival Eng. Co. 2 reported smoke showing from a 14x16 outbuilding and discovered the fire to be contained to a sauna which was inside the structure. Crews quickly extinguished the flames and were on scene for about an hour for overhaul procedures.  Cause of the fire has been classified as accidental.

Due to the unseasonably dry conditions, District Fire Crews have responded to numerous wildland firesover the past month or so.  With the assistance of the MN DNR, Fond du Lac Forestry and BIA fire crews, all fires have been quickly contained with minimal damage.   

Battalion 3, Engine Company 2, Engine Company 22, Tower 1 and Division Chief of Safety responded to a report of a structure fire in station 1's district Saturday afternoon on March 6, 2010.  Upon arrival, crews found smoke showing from the roof and eaves of a single story residential structure.  The fire was contained to the kitchen/dining room hallway area.  Crews were on scene for 1 1/2 hrs.  The homeowners were not home at the time of the fire and the cause is believed to be accidental in nature.

Photos:  (Right) BC Meagher inspects overhaul operations.

(Below) Engine 22, Engine 2, and Tower 1 in front of the home while the crew from Tower 1 ventilates the roof.