Around 1:45 this morning crews responded to reports of smoke in an apartment at the Maplewood Apartments on Larpenteur in Maplewood.  Fire was discovered when they arrived and several departments provided mutual aid including White Bear Lake, North St Paul, Oakdale and Little Canada.

This morning around 3:30 multiple calls were received for a fully engulfed house fire on Little Bluestem Trail in Lake Elmo.  Stillwater and Bayport provided mutual aid.  

On this day in 2005 St Paul Police Officer Gerald Vick was working an undercover detail on St Paul's east side when he was shot and killed after a confrontation with two people.  This is some audio I recorded from the manhunt that followed.  Of note is that this was before St Paul had switched to a digital radio system so it sounds much different than today.  

Audio from an early morning chase in the south west metro

You may have seen posts  about aircraft (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=~2a89ee) circling the area.  This evening it identifies as Troy049 on ATC and say to be a Cessna 206.  A google search links that callsign to the CPB. That's not confirmed those so take it as it is

Around 5:15 this evening Ramsey County aired a pick up and hold for a suspect wanted on a felony domestic assault warrant who was thought to be on Hoffman Road in White Bear Lake.  After realizing he had been being spotted he fled on foot.

Around 12:30 AM Oakdale was called to the Hampton Inn for a verbal dispute in one of their rooms.  When they arrived a male fled in a Monte Carlo leading officers on a chase at speeds up to 120MPH.

Shortly after 11pm a call was received for a garage fire on Xingu Street in Columbus.  When crews arrived they found the garage to be fully involved.  Lino Lakes and Wyoming provided mutual aid. 

Around 12:40pm a call was received for fire in a multi unit residential building on Pondview Court in Vadnais Heights.  When Sheriffs deputies arrived they reported fire on a second story porch.  Little Canada, Lake Johanna, Maplewood and White Bear Lake provided mutual aid.  

Around 7:20am a call was received for flames in a basement on Labore Road in Little Canada.  When crews arrived they found fire in the basement.