At approximately 9:43 AM on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, the Central Dakota Communications Center received a report of a flower planter on fire at a house on the 1300 block of North 18th Street. The Bismarck Fire Department was dispatched to investigate.
The first arriving fire crew established command and conducted a scene size-up. The fire crew reported a single family home with nothing showing from the outside. The fire crew made contact with the home owner who reported finding a flower planter on fire and the fire had extended to the vinyl siding of the house. The home owner used a garden hose to extinguish the fire. An additional fire unit arrived on scene and assisted in checking for fire extension to the interior of the home. An overhaul operation was conducted of the fire damaged wall and of the flower planter to confirm the fire was out.
Two fire department apparatus and 6 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Bismarck Police Department assisted with scene control. Damage caused by the fire was limited to the siding of the house and a flower planter. Damage to the home was estimated at $1500. The homeowners were home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries to the building’s occupants or firefighters. The cause of the fire has been classified as undetermined.