3 Residents Escape Hibbing Apartment Fire
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) - Around 70 emergency responders spent much of their Thanksgiving Day fighting a two-alarm fire at a Hibbing apartment building.
A neighbor told the fire department that flames were shooting out of the first floor of the two-story building around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Hibbing Daily Tribune reports that two adults and one child were inside but escaped.
They were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Fire Chief Erik Jankila says firefighters soon pulled out of the building because it was too dangerous and focused on keeping the fire contained.
Around 7:30 p.m. - after nearly five hours - crews began to question the integrity of the fire-damaged, water-soaked structure and called in the city's public works crew to tear it down.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
(photo courtesy: Renee Shermer)