Cass County Sheriff’s Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Thursday September 6, 2018
Contact: Tom Burch, Sheriff

FEDERAL DAM MN – SOO LINE BRIDGE FIRE/
CLOSED FOR SOO LINE TRAIL TRAFFIC

Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that on September 6, 2018 at 1:01 AM the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a fire in the City of Federal Dam. Deputies and Federal Dam Fire Department responded and found the Soo Line bridge crossing the Leech Lake River fully engulfed in fire. The bridge sustained significant damage and is currently closed. The incident remains under investigation with the assistance of the State of MN Fire Marshalls Office. Anyone with information about the Fire is encouraged to contact the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Assisting at the scene was Federal Dam Fire Department, Longville Fire Department, USFS Forestry, and North Ambulance.

(Photo from Cass County Sheriff’s Facebook Page.)