Hibbing apartment building fire

May 22 – Firefighters from Hibbing, Chisholm, Keewatin, and Virginia were dispatched around 6:20 this morning to a report of a structure fire in downtown Hibbing. The fire was in the 1900 block of 4th Avenue East and involved a building containing six apartments. Hibbing Police officers arrived on the scene and evacuated the residents while firefighters found a fire on the first floor and quickly extinguished it. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Hibbing Fire Marshal’s Office.

Hibbing firefighters check for possible fire extension.