Multiple fires reported throughout Minnesota as red flag warning remains in effect

MINNESOTA, USA — Crews throughout Minnesota have spent the weekend working to extinguish blazes as the National Weather Service declared a red flag warning early on Sunday.

On Saturday night, the Minneapolis Fire Department confirmed that a building housing at least nine college students was deemed uninhabitable after being ravaged by a fire. The Red Cross was called to assist those students, according to a statement from the department.

On Sunday, a large fire spread from the porch of a house in Alexandria and caused severe damage, but all of the home’s occupants were able to safely evacuate, according to the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office…

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