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Posted on: November 26, 2023
Watertown Fire Rescue was dispatched at approximately 615pm to a gas leak in the 900 block of 39th Street SW. When units arrived on scene they could smell gas and could hear the hissing of a large gas leak. Fire and EMS crew immediatel...
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Posted on: November 19, 2023
At approximately 0715hrs this morning, WFR was called out to a vehicle that was on fire near the intersection of Maple Street South and 3rd Ave SE in Watertown. Fire crews arrived on scene and quickly extinguished the fire.
The vehicle was unoccu...
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Posted on: November 11, 2023
On November 11th at about 12:45pm Watertown Fire Rescue responded south of town to a reported cornstalk and farm equipment fire. The field was near the intersection of 454th Avenue and 176th St. just south of Watertown. Farmers had bee...
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Posted on: November 11, 2023
Watertown Fire Rescue responded to a pickup reported to be on fire just after 8:30pm in the south part of Watertown at the intersection of 14th Ave. and 14th St. SE. Engine 4 crews used a preconnected line to make fire attack and knock down the initial fi...
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Posted on: November 8, 2023
At 12:27 am, Watertown Fire Rescue (WFR) responded to a house fire at 525 3rd St SW in Watertown. Four people, one adult and 3 children, ages 13, 7, and 5, were in the home when the fire started. The adult was able to rescue ...
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Posted on: November 6, 2023
Watertown Fire Rescue responded with an engine and an ambulance at approximately 0950 to the area of Sioux Conifer Rd and 38th Ave NW. A pickup truck was found on its roof and the driver had been ejected. The driver was brought to Prai...
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Posted on: November 5, 2023
WFR responded to 16930 465th Street for a reported vehicle fire at approximately 2:10pm. Upon arrival a pickup was on fire with the fire spreading to the surrounding shelterbelt. A strong south wind had pushed the fire into the shelterbelt, the...
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Posted on: November 2, 2023
During the morning of November 2nd, 2023 at 4:45 am, Watertown Fire Rescue was dispatched to a car versus deer on Hwy 20 near Airport Dr. Engine 3 and Medic 5 responded to the incident. While en route the scene, another vehicle rear en...
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Posted on: September 2, 2022
On the morning of September 2nd, 2022 approximately 7am WFR responds to 17114 462nd Ave for a Vehicle Fire. The vehicle was in a gravel driveway with a home approximately 40 feet away. WFR rescue responded with one engine. The vehicle had a fire...
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