Early morning fire leaves Minneapolis apartment uninhabitable
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The Minneapolis Fire Department is investigating the cause of an early morning fire at a four-plex apartment in the Whittier neighborhood within the Powderhorn Community, Assistant Fire Chief Melanie Rucker says.
Firefighters went to the two-story building at 2612 Second Ave. S. just before 4 am. and saw smoke coming from the back of the building.
When they arrived, crews determined the fire was in the wall of a first-floor apartment unit. Rucker says the fire didn’t spread to the other units.
Flames were put out sometime between 4 and 5 a.m., less than an hour after responders arrived.
Firefighters then boarded up the unit, which has been declared uninhabitable.
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Firefighters at the scene of an apartment fire on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Credit: Jeff Ernewein/KSTP
Although Rucker said no one was hurt, the Red Cross helped two adults, whose ages and genders were not specified.