Woman severely burned in St. Paul fire believed to have been intentionally set dies from injuries

A woman who received critical burns in a St. Paul fire, which investigators say may have been intentionally set, has died from her injuries.

On Feb. 24 at 7:27 p.m., fire crews responded to a sprinkler water flow alarm in an apartment building on the 800 block of Mount Curve Boulevard.

Firefighters said they had to force their way into a locked apartment unit where they found a woman with critical burn injuries, as well as heavy smoke and activated sprinklers. No other occupants were found in the unit.

According to St. Paul Fire Investigators, an official cause of the fire hasn’t been determined. However, they do believe the fire had been set intentionally. They also found that multiple smoke detectors had been removed or had missing batteries.

On Saturday, the fire department announced the woman who suffered critical burns had died from her injuries.

Her death marks the fourth fire fatality of 2025 for the city, which normally averages three a year.