Blaze at Floodwood Business Monday

FLOODWOOD, Minn. – Flames filling a local business in the Northland Monday evening.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department got a call of a structure fire at 12402 Hwy 2, West of Floodwood at 5:12 p.m.

The fire was at MAT Incorporated, a business that produces erosion control products for hydraulic seeding.

A fire had started in some of the equipment there and quickly spread.

Employees evacuated and there were no injuries reported.

The Floodwood Fire department was assisted by Arrowhead Fire Department in putting out the fire.

The extent of damage is unknown at this time.