Fire destroys John Deere dealer building, several homes evacuated in Madison, Minnesota

Several homes were evacuated when a large fire broke out inside a John Deere Midwest Machinery dealer in Madison, Minnesota Tuesday night. A news release from the Lac qui Parle County Emergency Operations Center states first responders were sent to the fire just before 7:15 p.m. when a caller reported seeing smoke. A total of 15 houses and two apartment complexes were evacuated because of smoke inhalation danger. The news release adds the smoke plume could be smelled by people more than 10 miles north of the blaze, and a...