VERNDALE, Minn. (KFGO) – A one-year-old girl was flown to a Minneapolis hospital after a house fire Wed. night.
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office says the girl was rescued from an upstairs bedroom by Wadena and Verndale firefighters. The girl’s mother tried to go upstairs before fire crews arrived, but was driven back by smoke and flames. The mother was taken to Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. The mother suffered from the effects of smoke and also had burns.
Their conditions have not been released. The blaze was reported shortly after 9:30 p.m.
