Plymouth Firefighters Assisted At Nearby Grass Fire

Area firefighters and other agencies responded to a grass fire April 4 near County Road 81 between Brooklyn Boulevard and 73rd Avenue in Brooklyn Park. 

Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Ken Prillaman said the report of the fire came in about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. The fire moved rapidly across the swampland area, edging up near the railroad tracks along southeast County Road 81/Bottineau Boulevard. No injuries were reported and no businesses in the area were evacuated, Prillaman said. Southbound County Road 81 was shut down temporarily around 1 p.m. 

It took about five hours to put out the fire, which destoyed about 50 acres of land. Prillaman said the Brooklyn Park Fire Department left the scene at around 2:30 p.m. and investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire. The Department of Natural Resources remained on the scene to monitor potential hot spots.

Firefighters from 13 departments responded to help the Brooklyn Park Fire Department including the Maple Grove Fire Department, Anoka/Champlin, Osseo, Brooklyn Center, West Metro, Plymouth, Robbinsdale, Rogers, Golden Valley and Dayton Fire Departments along with the Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota State Patrol with air support.