Minnesota Firefighters Battle Attached Garage Fire

Just before 10 am on Aug 17th, Eden Prairie fire and police were alerted to an attached garage fire in the northwestern area of this sprawling city, 10 miles west of Minneapolis.

Chief 1 (G. Esbensen) and Engine 11, staffed with duty personnel from headquarters Station-1, responded. An update, while enroute by a responding firefighter, confirmed a working fire. Chief 1 ordered a re-page for all personnel and mutual aid from Edina and Chanhassen. Squad-11, with two personnel from Station-1 and Engine 3 from Station 3 responded, along with Ladder-2 and Squad-22.

E-11 and Chief-1 arrived and assumed command with smoke showing from the eves of a garage which was attached to a two story split level, single family home. The home