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A car rammed a semi-trailer March 12 on Highway 45 in Scanlon. A 20-month-old child in a rear car seat was uninjured. The driver was taken from the scene in an ambulance.
Firefighters responded to a house fire on the 1200 block of Carlton Avenue in Cloquet Wednesday. Fire, smoke and water damage was minimal.
Cloquet Area Fire District firefighters responded to a fire Wednesday, March 18, on the 1200 block of Carlton Avenue in Cloquet.
CAFD battalion chief Gordy Meagher said the fire was confined to a small room on the third floor of the house, and everybody was out when they arrived. The firefighters used the ladder truck to reach the top of the home.
"We got it extinguished quickly," Meagher said, adding that they vented the roof and checked ceilings inside to make sure the fire hadn't spread. Water and fire damage was not too significant.
"It was pretty cut and dry," Meagher said, adding that they were at the scene just under two hours Wednesday afternoon.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Car-truck crash
CAFD crews responded to a car-truck crash on Highway 45 in Scanlon March 12.
Crew members extricated and transported the driver of the car to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries. A 20-month-old child was properly restrained in a car seat in the back seat and was not injured in the crash. A car seat that is fitted appropriately for a child and installed correctly lowers the risk of death or serious injury by more than 70 percent, noted CAFD's Sarah Buhs.
If a car seat is involved in a crash it's recommended to replace the seat or contact the manufacturer. Most insurance companies will replace the car seat as part of your insurance claim. CAFD holds monthly car seat clinics. Find out more at http://www.cloquetareafiredistrict.com.
