December 23 – Hibbing firefighters were dispatched early this morning to a report of a house fire at 2522 6th Avenue East in Hibbing. Initial reports to the St. Louis County Communications Center indicated that a woman was still in the house and was unable to get out. Hibbing police officers were the first to arrive on the scene and reported that the woman had been rescued by her grandson. The woman was taken to the Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi in Hibbing and then airlifted to Essentia Health-St. Mary’s in Duluth. Three other occupants in the house were also evaluated at the hospital in Hibbing for smoke inhlation and other fire related injuries.. Hibbing firefighters were assisted by crews from Keewatin and Chisholm. An Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance from Virginia was on the scene for medical stand-by. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Hibbing Fire Department. but appears to have started in the attic area. According to Hibbing fire officials, there were no working smoke detectors in the house. Damages were put at around $70,000.
