{"id":56866,"date":"2026-09-29T05:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=56866"},"modified":"2026-09-29T05:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:11:14","slug":"fargo-apartment-fire-displaces-two-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-apartment-fire-displaces-two-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo Apartment Fire Displaces Two Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fargo Apartment Fire Displaces Two Residents<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fargo<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 An early morning apartment fire damaged two units and displaced two Fargo residents Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Fargo Fire Department was called to 811 7th Avenue North at about 1:10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters arrived and found heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-floor apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Crews quickly called for a second alarm because of the size of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was extinguished about 10 minutes after the first firefighters reached the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>Tenant Alerted Nearby Officers<\/h2>\n<p>The emergency response began after a tenant escaped from the burning apartment.<\/p>\n<p>The tenant then flagged down Fargo police officers who were handling another nearby call.<\/p>\n<p>The officers began warning other tenants and helped residents leave the apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>Two occupants and their pets were helped through a basement window.<\/p>\n<p>All tenants and pets escaped the building safely.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported during the fire or evacuation.<\/p>\n<h2>Two Apartments Badly Damaged<\/h2>\n<p>Fire officials said two apartment units suffered significant fire and smoke damage.<\/p>\n<p>Two occupants were displaced because of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not immediately have an estimate for the total property loss.<\/p>\n<p>The extent of damage to other areas of the building was not detailed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Fire Department<\/a> continues to investigate the cause.<\/p>\n<p>No cause had been announced in the initial report.<\/p>\n<h2>Several Agencies Assist<\/h2>\n<p>Fargo firefighters responded with five engines and one ladder truck.<\/p>\n<p>Two command vehicles were also sent to the apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p>The Fargo Police Department assisted with evacuating residents and securing the scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordhealth.org\/medical-services\/emergency-medicine\/ambulance-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanford Ambulance<\/a> also responded during the emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The Salvation Army and American Red Cross provided additional help at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/local\/mn-nd-sd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Red Cross Minnesota and Dakotas Region<\/a> assists people affected by disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said no additional information was immediately available Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation will continue as fire officials work to determine what started the blaze.<\/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>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56886\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-56886\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fargo Apartment Fire Displaces Two Residents\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fargo-Apartment-Fire-Displaces-Two-Residents.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fargo Apartment Fire Displaces Two Residents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fargo apartment fire damaged two units early Tuesday, displaced two residents, and forced tenants and pets to evacuate safely without injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56886,"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":[25842,12122,25841,9247,5782,21123,2884,25843],"class_list":["post-56866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tri-state-news","tag-811-7th-avenue-north","tag-apartment-fire","tag-fargo-apartment-fire","tag-fargo-fire","tag-fargo-fire-department","tag-fargo-north-dakota-news","tag-fire-investigation","tag-red-cross-fargo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56866","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=56866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56887,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56866\/revisions\/56887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}