Crews Respond to Fire at the Former MN Verso Paper that Closed in 2012 After an Explosion

Multiple fire departments responded to a fire Wednesday evening at the shuttered former Verso Paper mill in Sartell, MN.

As smoke rose above the blue mill, which predates the city, onlookers gathered across the Mississippi River, on the bridge across the river and to the southeast.

At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, a fire was reported at the site, which is now owned by AIM Development USA. There was no word late Wednesday night on a possible cause.