Cooking fire in Virginia

August 7 – The Virginia, Eveleth, and Mountain Iron fire departments were dispatched around 7:40 this morning to a report of a structure fire in the 200 block of 1st Street North. The incident turned out to be a small cooking fire. Firefighters were on the scene for less than half a hour. Area fire officials remind residents that even small cooking fires can turn deadly, but they can be preventable.

Virginia fire apparatus positioned on 1st Street North