BREAKING: Pine County MN authorities are responding to a large fire Willow River.
According to the Pine County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, there were reports of an explosion just after 1:30 p.m.
"On Friday, January 16th, 2026, at approximately 1:43 pm, Pine County Dispatch was inundated with 911 calls of explosions.
It was reported that there was an explosion in a rural area west of Willow River.
Several fire departments, EMS, and law enforcement were dispatched and determined it was a larger gas line that was involved. Multiple addresses in proximity to the explosion were asked to evacuate.
Nothing criminal is suspected at this time.
Northern Natural Gas and responders are currently on scene.
There have been no reported injuries.
Nothing further at this time."
According to the Pine County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, there were reports of an explosion just after 1:30 p.m.
"On Friday, January 16th, 2026, at approximately 1:43 pm, Pine County Dispatch was inundated with 911 calls of explosions.
It was reported that there was an explosion in a rural area west of Willow River.
Several fire departments, EMS, and law enforcement were dispatched and determined it was a larger gas line that was involved. Multiple addresses in proximity to the explosion were asked to evacuate.
Nothing criminal is suspected at this time.
Northern Natural Gas and responders are currently on scene.
There have been no reported injuries.
Nothing further at this time."
06:33 PM - Jan 16, 2026
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