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by skittles
Thu Apr 09, 2026 4:49 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Attempted copper theft leads to electrical surge, fire in St. Paul
Replies: 2
Views: 27146

Re: Attempted copper theft leads to electrical surge, fire in St. Paul

Well, that's not really urbex but it's definitely going to bring more attention to people popping manholes, which is something the urbex community definitely didn't need. Crazy they didn't get fried.
by skittles
Tue Nov 25, 2025 6:11 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: St. Paul cave rescue: Man injured after falling 25 feet
Replies: 0
Views: 237

St. Paul cave rescue: Man injured after falling 25 feet

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/two-men-rescued-cave-system-crosby-farm-regional-park/

11/22/2025 St. Paul cave rescue: Man injured after falling 25 feet

A man was rescued from a restricted cave area in Crosby Farm Regional Park late Friday night, according to the St. Paul Fire Department ...
by skittles
Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:34 am
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 1877

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/family-injured-urban-explorer-warns-of-dangers/89-ec9956fd-86b4-4515-a294-b7a374620f28

10/13/2025 Family of injured urban explorer warns of dangers

Carly Barnes, 19, suffered brain injuries after falling six stories from an abandoned grain bin at the Upper ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 7:49 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 1877

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

Updates posted to the GoFundMe (which has reached almost $5k):

October 7th:
Carly had her intubation tube removed yesterday and had it replaced with a trachiostomy to work with the ventilator to assist her breathing. She also had a feeding tube button placed in her abdomen. Both of these ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 1877

Re: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

Linking and quoting the GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-mother-daughter-to-heal-after-a-tragic-accident

I wish I wasn’t writing something like this. A few days ago, my niece - just 19 years old, suffered a terrible accident. She fell six stories and is now in the ICU with severe ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 6:22 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident
Replies: 3
Views: 1877

College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/college-student-19-severely-injured-in-urban-exploration-accident

10/8/2025 College student, 19, severely injured in 'urban exploration' accident

The student fell from six stories while exploring an abandoned building in Minneapolis.

A 19-year-old college ...
by skittles
Sun Oct 12, 2025 12:12 am
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Concerns about ‘urban explorers’ climbing roofs in the Mill District
Replies: 2
Views: 941

Re: Concerns about ‘urban explorers’ climbing roofs in the Mill District

It's broad daylight! Social media is a cancer for urbex.
by skittles
Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:18 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Teen rescued after falling 20 feet at abandoned Ford plant
Replies: 0
Views: 2803

Teen rescued after falling 20 feet at abandoned Ford plant

https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/06/i ... ord-plant/

4/6/2025 Teen rescued after falling 20 feet through grate at abandoned Ford plant

A teenager was rescued by firefighters after falling at an abandoned Ford plant building in St. Paul.

St. Paul Fire Department says it was called to 965 ...
by skittles
Mon Sep 16, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: Man dies after being found in a Faribault manhole
Replies: 1
Views: 1242

Re: Man dies after being found in a Faribault manhole

Little bit more information:

https://www.ingstadmedia.com/man-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-fairbault-manhole/

FARIBAULT, MN – On Friday morning, Faribault first responders discovered a man in a manhole filled with toxic fumes and dangerously low oxygen levels. The incident occurred at ...
by skittles
Fri Aug 09, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: Urbex News
Topic: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul
Replies: 3
Views: 415655

Re: 2 charged for stealing copper wire from tunnel in St. Paul

There's an awful lot of smoke there for there to be no fire, but the devil's advocate in me says that if I found a scrapper's sawzall in a tunnel, I'd 100% leave with it. Of course, I wouldn't be in there at 9am. Also, that entire system is 2 basically straight walking height tunnels with 1 ...