Sunday house fire marks 3rd in a week for Brainerd firefighters
All occupants and their pets exited the home safely, but will be displaced until the house can be repaired.
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All occupants and their pets exited the home safely, but will be displaced until the house can be repaired.
Heavy smoke and flames could be seen coming from the home on Pine Street early Thursday morning.
The Brainerd Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly before 8 p.m. Monday on the 700 block of Southeast 19th Street, finding black smoke billowing out the front and sides of the home originally built in 1906.
BRAINERD — While away celebrating their recent marriage, a phone call informed Julie Meszaros and husband Raymond Shimek of the fire that left their southeast Brainerd home uninhabitable and took the life of a family dog.
Fire Chief Tim Holmes said smoke was pouring out the front and sides of the home when crews arrived at the home on the 700 block of Southeast 19th Street.