{"id":16312,"date":"2026-02-03T05:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=16312"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:55:43","slug":"fargo-house-fire-sends-2-to-hospital-kills-4-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-house-fire-sends-2-to-hospital-kills-4-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo House Fire Sends 2 to Hospital, Kills 4 Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fargo, Cass County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) A late-night house fire in Fargo sent two residents to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Fire<\/a> crews were called at 10:55 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2026. The call came from 1342 15th Street South. The home is a single-family house.<\/p>\n<h2>What firefighters found<\/h2>\n<p>Crews arrived and saw heavy fire on the first floor. Fire officials said the first floor was fully involved. All residents were outside before crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Two residents were taken to a local medical facility. They were treated for smoke inhalation. Fire officials did not release the residents\u2019 names.<\/p>\n<p>Four cats inside the home did not survive. Crews worked to put out the flames and stop the spread.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16315\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16315\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fargo-House-Fire-Sends-2-to-Hospital-Kills-4-Cats-300x200.png\" alt=\"Fargo House Fire Sends 2 to Hospital, Kills 4 Cats\" width=\"378\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fargo-House-Fire-Sends-2-to-Hospital-Kills-4-Cats-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fargo-House-Fire-Sends-2-to-Hospital-Kills-4-Cats-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fargo-House-Fire-Sends-2-to-Hospital-Kills-4-Cats-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fargo-House-Fire-Sends-2-to-Hospital-Kills-4-Cats.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fargo House Fire Sends 2 to Hospital, Kills 4 Cats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Extra crews called in<\/h2>\n<p>A second alarm was requested to bring more help. The fire caused major damage to the structure. Officials have not released a damage estimate.<\/p>\n<p>Fargo Fire responded with five engines and one truck. Two battalion chiefs also responded. Crews were assisted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanford Ambulance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Police<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvationarmyusa.org\/usn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salvation Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The cause is still under investigation<\/h2>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation. No other injuries were reported in the initial update. The scene was secured after crews cleared hotspots.<\/p>\n<h2>Fire safety resources<\/h2>\n<p>Officials remind residents to act fast during a fire. These resources may help you plan ahead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/education-and-research\/home-fire-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFPA home fire safety tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Red Cross fire preparedness guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfa.fema.gov\/prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Fire Administration prevention resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fargo, Cass County (trfnews.i234.me) A late-night house fire in Fargo sent two residents to a hospital. Fargo Fire crews were called at 10:55 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2026. The call came from 1342 15th Street South. The home is a single-family house. What firefighters found Crews arrived and saw heavy fire on the first floor.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-house-fire-sends-2-to-hospital-kills-4-cats\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fargo House Fire Sends 2 to Hospital, Kills 4 Cats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[14],"tags":[12233,12262,12261,756,12244,769,5782,12232,12263,900,896,2884,2097,103,2793,682,10229,2682,3483,12264,790],"class_list":["post-16312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-news","tag-15th-street-south-fargo","tag-4-cats-perish-in-fargo-fire","tag-breaking-news-update-2-people-injured","tag-cass-county","tag-cats","tag-fargo","tag-fargo-fire-department","tag-fargo-house-fire","tag-fargo-nd-fire","tag-fargo-police","tag-fire","tag-fire-investigation","tag-hospital","tag-house","tag-kills","tag-news","tag-salvation-army","tag-sanford-ambulance","tag-sends","tag-smoke-inhalation","tag-usa","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16320,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions\/16320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}