Crime & Safety

UPDATED (VIDEO): Spring Lake Park Townhome Burns

Explosions and a car on fire in attached garage, according to emergency radio and media and social media reports.

Update (8:30 a.m. Monday): Everyone got out safely from a fire at a Spring Lake Park townhome Sunday night that appeared to have started in the attached garage, according to reports from local news media and social media and emergency radio.

Video from KARE-11 shows a charred SUV, heavy smoke and damage to the townhome in the 1300 block of Crown Oaks Drive, just north of Fridley.

WCCO reported:

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When crews arrived on the scene, the garage door was partially caved in and the fire was spreading up the townhouse to the second floor.

The couple and their dog made it out safely.

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Firefighters were able keep the fire from spreading to the other eight attached townhouses.

Fox 9 also had video and reported:

The fire chief says there is extensive damage inside the home, but neighboring units only had exterior damage.

Officials aren't sure what caused the fire, or the explosion, saying it could have been a car tire popping.

Original post (11:30 p.m. Sunday): Fire struck a townhome in Spring Lake Park Sunday night, according to multiple reports.

The home is in the 1300 block of Crown Oaks Drive, just north of Fridley and just northeast of the intersection of Old Central Avenue NE and Osborne Road NE.

Earliest reports logged at the Facebook pages of Twin Cities Fire Wire and Police Clips at about 10:50 p.m. said there were multiple explosions from an attached garage and heavy smoke and fire from the home.

SBM (Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Moundsview) Fire Department communications over Anoka County Emergency Dispatch radio indicated crews were fighting the fire offensively.

A vehicle was on fire and electrical boxes were popping, according to Twin Cities Fire Wire and Police Clips commenters.

SBM Fire put out a call for all available investigators to report to the scene.

Crews remained working in the interior of the home at 11:25 p.m. Sunday, according to scanner reports. "Secondary search confirmed all clear-no one in home," one Police Clips commenter reported.


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