MINNEAPOLIS — Three people were transported to a local hospital following a house fire Friday morning in the Powderhorn neighborhood.
According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, crews responded to the call around 7 a.m. and found heavy black smoke coming from the first two floors of the home on the 3500 block of Clinton Avenue South. All residents had evacuated by the firefighters' arrival, and the crew extinguished the flames, MFD said in the release.
Three residents were hospitalized for evaluation and treatment for smoke inhalation. One firefighter was evaluated at the scene for a muscle strain but was not transported.
Red Cross was called for eight residents, including adults and children, according to the release.
The house was deemed uninhabitable and will be boarded up. The cause of the fire is being investigated, according to MFD.
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