Man killed in Bloomington house fire identified

The man who died in a house fire in Bloomington earlier this week has been identified.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said 79-year-old Jerome Delevan Halvorson died in Wednesday’s fire. His cause of death was determined to be inhalation of products of combustion and thermal injuries.

1 dead after house fire in Bloomington Wednesday

According to the Bloomington Fire Department, at 11:38 a.m., crews were called to a house fire on the 7400 block of Landau Drive.

Halvorson was found inside the home.

The State Fire Marshal is still investigating the cause of the fire.