Disasters

Campfire explosion kills one; injures several others
A campfire exploded in a northern Minnesota township near Side Lake, Minn. killing one person and injuring several others, some critically. Flammable liquid that caused the explosion remains unknown.
For Minnesotans hit hard by flooding, 1 month remains to apply for federal aid
As of Saturday, $6.8 million has been approved for 1,400 Minnesota residents, according to FEMA. Recovery centers are open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and will temporarily close for Labor Day on Sept. 2.
An attack at a festival in a German city leaves dead and wounded, report says
People were killed and injured in an attack on Friday at a festival in the city of Solingen in western Germany, the news agency dpa reported. It wasn’t immediately clear how many casualties there were.
Bridge collapse closes Ontario rail line, just north of Minnesota border
A railway bridge in Ontario — just north of the Minnesota border — collapsed Wednesday, blocking rail and boat traffic. The span is known as the Five-Mile Bridge, and crosses a channel of Rainy Lake.
Two dead after Minneapolis apartment fire
Two people are dead after a four-story residential apartment building caught fire Tuesday, officials with the Minneapolis Fire Department announced Thursday.
Four killed in construction-zone crash in northeast Minnesota
Four people — including two children — died Wednesday when a semi crashed into stopped vehicles in a construction zone along a northeast Minnesota highway.
4 people seriously injured in Minneapolis apartment fire
Four people were seriously injured and more than two dozen were displaced by a large fire at a Minneapolis apartment building on Tuesday night.
Leaders celebrate completion of public housing sprinkler installations
Nearly five years ago, a fire at a Minneapolis public housing high-rise killed six people. On Monday, officials said they’ve met their goal of installing fire suppression systems in every public housing complex.
‘I don’t want to die,’ Uvalde student told 911 dispatcher during mass shooting
As a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, terrified pupils and staff members made frantic calls to 911. One student told an operator there were “a lot” of bodies as she begged for help, saying, “Please, I don’t want to die.”