MINNEAPOLIS — A man burned during a housefire in Minneapolis in mid-June has died of his injuries nearly three months later.
Minneapolis Fire Department spokesman Assistant Chief Melanie Rucker says crews were dispatched to the 3300 block of Emerson Ave. North the afternoon of June 10 on reports of a home on fire. Responding engines encountered heavy fire showing on both the exterior and interior of the 2 1/2 story home.
Two men were found outside suffering from significant burns and smoke inhalation. Both were rushed to a hospital for treatement.
Rucker says fire officials were informed Friday that one of those men has died from his injuries. His passing marks the sixth fire fatality in the city of Minneapolis this year.