Three major fires in 24 hours

Three massive infernos ravage southern Minnesota and North Iowa within the span of 24-hours.

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"* i'm katie lange.

And i'm george mallet.

First tonight, call it a perfect storm of local infernos.

Three big fires breaking out in the span of 24 hours.

All that remains tonight ?

"* piles of charred debris and rubble.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live in albert lea ?

"* at the scene of last night's warehouse blaze.

George and katie ?

"* this is where that huge warehouse fire broke out in albert lea last night.

Fire crews are still out here keeping an eye on the remains, making sure nothing flares up again.

Even a whole day later ?

"* you can still strongly smell smoke from the charred rubble.

Let me give you a timeline of the major fires that have broken out.

On thursday morning ?

"* a hog farm caught fire near blooming prairie ?

"* killing two thousad pigs.

Later that night ?

"* thee was this massive warehouse fire in albert lea, which caused some residents to be evacuated and the building was a 300 thousand dollar loss.

Then this afternoon ?

"* firefighters in garner battled a blaze at north iowa grain.

Tonight here in albert lea ?

"* the site of the fire is still drawing a crowd.

I spoke with a few of the witnesses about what <i saw big fire trucks over the fire, spraying down over it.

Not too much left when i got here.

There was like huge flames, when you came off the bridge you could feel it.> fires are common this time of ye to the national fire protection association with more people spending time indoors.

The rochester fire department says they've seen 4 times as many structure fires in october and november than last year.

You can keep your home fire safe by keeping anything combustible at least three feet away from a heat source.

Turn off space heaters before going to bed.

If you use a fireplace, have a screen in place to keep sparks or embers from escaping.

Thank you nick.

Heating equipment can be deadly ?

"* causing one out of every five home fire deaths, according to the