One dead in northeast Minneapolis house fire

It was the city's first fatal blaze of 2018.

March 18, 2018 at 4:21AM

A man died from injuries suffered in a house fire Saturday in northeast Minneapolis, the city's first fire fatality of 2018.

Minneapolis Fire Department crews responded to a fire at 1124 23rd Av. NE. around 6:15 p.m.

The fire, which was contained to the first floor, was extinguished within about 20 minutes. Firefighters found an adult male victim while searching the second floor.

The man was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he later died, according to the fire department.

He appears to have suffered from smoke inhalation, said Minneapolis Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Mike Hughlett covers energy and other topics for the Minnesota Star Tribune, where he has worked since 2010. Before that he was a reporter at newspapers in Chicago, St. Paul, New Orleans and Duluth.

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