May 14 – A Virginia police officer is being credited for knocking down a porch fire in Virginia this afternoon. Firefighters from Virginia, Eveleth, Mountain Iron and Hibbing were dispatched around 3:25 p.m. to a report of a structure fire in the 400 block of 6th Street South. Arriving firefighters found smoke coming from under the front porch area and that the police officer had put out most of the fire with an extinguisher. Virginia Fire Chief Allen Lewis commended the officer for his quick actions. “By knocking down the fire, he prevented it from spreading to the rest of the house,” said Lewis. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
