Almost 100 firefighters battle fire in condos near Minnesota popular resort lodge

MANHATTAN BEACH, Minn. -Almost 100 firefighters battled a fire early Sunday morning at the Manhattan Beach Villas next to Manhattan Beach Lodge in Crosslake.

Crosslake Fire Chief Chip Lohmiller stated in a news release that 80 percent of the 17 individually owned units were heavily damaged, along with 20 percent of the structure sustaining water damage.

Firefighters from around the Brainerd lakes area were called around 5:30 a.m. to fight the fire, including firefighters from Brainerd, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Mission, Fifty Lakes, Emily, Ideal and Pine River. The area departments were on scene until 10:55 a.m., and then Crosslake finished up the overhaul and clean-up of the fire scene.

Lohmiller said there were no injuries or fatalities.

The Minnesota State fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

Manhattan Beach is located about 30 miles north of Brainerd and is just north of Crosslake on Big Trout Lake.

1/4: Firefighters use a ladder truck to battle the fire at Manhattan Beach Villas Sunday morning. The 77-unit complex on Trout Lake was destroyed by fire or water damage. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service

2/4: Firefighters use a ladder truck to extinguish a blaze at the Manhattan Beach Villas in Manhattan Beach Sunday morning. Steve Kohls / Forum News Serivce

3/4: Firefighters use a ladder truck to battle the fire at Manhattan Beach Villas Sunday morning. The 77-unit complex on Trout Lake was destroyed by fire or water damage.

4/4: Fire gutted the Manhattan Beach Villas in Manhattan Beach early Sunday morning. Located on the shore of Trout Lake, the 77 units that are individually owned were either destroyed by fire or severely water damaged.