MINNEAPOLIS — Officials are investigating the cause behind a two-alarm fire in Minneapolis that killed one person and left their home uninhabitable early Monday morning.
Officials said fire crews were called to a fire at a one-and-a-half-story home in the 2200 block of 45th Avenue North just after 2:30 a.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived at the house in the Victory neighborhood, they found heavy black smoke and fire on one side of the home.
Crews laid lines and started to search the building. They found an adult inside and officials said emergency responders did CPR until paramedics arrived to take the victim to the hospital in critical condition. Around noon Monday, Minneapolis Fire confirmed that the victim later died from their injuries.
Firefighters called a second alarm while fighting the fire to bring in more equipment and personnel.
According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, firefighters were able to put out the fire in the first-floor kitchen before it spread into the attic.
While searching the home, crews located three dogs and said that one of the animals may have been injured. Animal Control offices were called to care for the dogs.
No other injuries were reported at the scene, and the house has been boarded up for security.
According to MFD, this is the second fire fatality of the year in Minneapolis.
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