{"id":56728,"date":"2026-09-28T04:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=56728"},"modified":"2026-09-28T04:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:48:58","slug":"fargo-fire-damages-vacant-4th-avenue-rental-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-fire-damages-vacant-4th-avenue-rental-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo Fire Damages Vacant 4th Avenue Rental Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fargo, North Dakota (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Firefighters battled a structure fire Sunday afternoon at a vacant rental property in Fargo.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was reported at about 3:38 p.m. Sunday, September 27, 2026. Crews were sent to 910 4th Avenue South.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Fire Department<\/a>, heavy smoke was visible when crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke was coming from the second floor of the home. Firefighters also saw smoke coming from the porch roof.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions prompted fire officials to call for a second alarm. That brought additional crews and equipment to the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>Vacant Home Had No Occupants<\/h2>\n<p>The rental property was vacant when the fire started. Officials said no people or pets were inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews entered the property and worked to bring the flames under control.<\/p>\n<p>The department said firefighters extinguished the fire about 20 minutes after the first crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in information released by the department.<\/p>\n<h2>Significant Damage Reported<\/h2>\n<p>The residence suffered significant fire and smoke damage. Officials have not released an estimated cost for the damage.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Fargo Fire Department responded with five engines and one ladder truck. Two command vehicles also responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Police Department<\/a> assisted firefighters during the response.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford Ambulance and the Salvation Army also provided assistance at the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigation Continues<\/h2>\n<p>Fire officials have not announced what may have started the fire. No damage estimate was available following the response.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation will focus on determining where the fire began and what caused it.<\/p>\n<p>The Fargo Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency response services throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not announced when additional information about the investigation could be released.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56737\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-56737\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Fargo Fire Damages Vacant 4th Avenue Rental Home\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home-1568x882.png 1568w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Fire-Damages-Vacant-4th-Avenue-Rental-Home.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fargo Fire Damages Vacant 4th Avenue Rental Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters extinguished a Fargo rental home fire on 4th Avenue South. The vacant property suffered major smoke and fire damage; cause remains under review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56737,"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":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[25777],"tags":[25778,25780,9247,5782,12232,12263,25779,10979],"class_list":["post-56728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tri-state-news","tag-4th-avenue-south-fire","tag-910-4th-avenue-south","tag-fargo-fire","tag-fargo-fire-department","tag-fargo-house-fire","tag-fargo-nd-fire","tag-fargo-rental-property-fire","tag-north-dakota-fire","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56728","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=56728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56738,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56728\/revisions\/56738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}