ST. CLOUD — An early-morning house fire left one adult dead Monday, according to St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton.
St. Cloud house fire leaves one dead
One resident exited the burning house. Officers carried a resident in a wheelchair to safety.
January 31, 2022 at 5:54PM
Police and fire departments went to the scene of a fire in the 100 block of 17th Avenue S. just before 4:30 a.m. Monday.
One resident was able to flee the house and another resident in a wheelchair was carried out by officers. Police learned there might be an adult on the second floor but were unable to enter the building because of heavy smoke.
After firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the body of an adult on the second floor.
No other occupants or responders were hurt. One resident is being assisted by the Red Cross.
The fire, estimated to have caused $70,000 in damages, is being investigated by the Police Department, the city's fire marshal and the state fire marshal.
The body is being transported to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy and formal identification, Oxton said.
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