![]() ![]() “We’re just overwhelmed with gratitude,” said Carter’s Farm owner Dwight Carter, “to see those guys coming and sweating and working. ![]() We had our Cumber Construction excavator out there, and we tore it all apart, everything that was left, and put it out.”Ĭumber said Second Assistant Chief Bob Meier was first on scene, but that he and Joe Carlson coordinated the operation together, involving multiple tanker trucks siphoning water out of the nearby Straight River and emptying them into a dump tank to supply hoses spraying water on the fire. “I believe their Bobcat started the straw on fire, and the homeowner was unable to get it out,” said Cumber. ![]() Participating in the response were about six fire apparatus from Park Rapids, two from Nevis and two or three from Menahga, with about 30-40 personnel altogether. and the scene was cleared at about 1:20 p.m. He estimated that the page went out at about 8:20 a.m. Park Rapids, the location of Carter’s Farm and fall festival.Īccording to Ben Cumber, assistant fire chief with the Park Rapids Fire Department, North Memorial Health Ambulance and the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the scene. ![]() Park Rapids, Menahga and Nevis fire personnel responded Friday to a barn fire at 14766 119th Ave. ![]()
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