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Huge grass fire blackens fields near Brooklyn Park businesses

April 5, 2012 at 1:05AM
Helicopters dropped water on a grass fire in Brooklyn Park near County Road 81 on Wednesday.
Helicopters dropped water on a grass fire in Brooklyn Park near County Road 81 on Wednesday. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Firefighters spent several hours Wednesday putting out a grass fire in a light industrial area of Brooklyn Park.

The fire burned an area just northeast of Boone and 73rd Avenues N., said Fire Chief Ken Prillaman. Nobody was injured.

It took firefighters from several agencies at least four hours to get the blaze under control, he said. Helicopters dropped water on the flames, which were several hundred feet to the east of a large commercial building where several businesses operate. A Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic camera near Interstate 94 and Hwy. 81 showed billows of black smoke rising from the scene.

The Department of Natural Resources remained on the scene Wednesday afternoon to handle hot spots, said Prillaman. Hwy. 81 was closed for several hours.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

DAVID CHANEN

Smoke from a grass fire in Brooklyn Park is visible on a MnDOT traffic camera near Interstate 94 and Hwy. 81.
Smoke from a grass fire in Brooklyn Park is visible on a MnDOT traffic camera near Interstate 94 and Hwy. 81. (Dennis McGrath/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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