Virginia house fire

August 15 – Virginia, Eveleth, Mountain Iron, and Hibbing firefighters were paged this morning to a report of a house fire in Virginia. The alarm came in around 7:30 in the 100 block of 3rd Street South. Arriving Virginia firefighters discovered that there were some curtains on fire and the fire was extinguished by a resident. Firefighters ventilated the apartment house. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office.

Virginia firefighters and apparatus on the scene of this morning’s house fire
Virginia firefighters use a positive pressure fan to ventilate the apartment house