Cook home destroyed

September 30 – Cook firefighters were dispatched early this morning to a house fire in Cook. The blaze was reported around 3:40 a.m. in the 200 block of 1st Avenue N.W. The house was engulfed in flames when the first firefighters arrived. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department, the house was vacant at the time and is a total loss. The Pike-Sandy-Britt and Kinney-Great Scott fire departments were also dispatched, but cancelled while enroute. The Cook Ambulance Service provided medical standby at the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department and the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office.