On May 14th, 2024, at approximately 6:25 A.M., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a residential fire at 110 Hwy 4, Apt #1, in Meire Grove. Multiple callers reported a couch on fire in front of the residence. Deputies on scene learned that a couch inside the apartment had caught on fire and the resident of the unit, Ronald Jackson III, 25, of Meire Grove, had pulled the couch out of the apartment before the fire could spread further. Jackson was treated for smoke inhalation at the Melrose Hospital. No other units of the building were affected by the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and Melrose Fire Department responded to the scene.
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