Man found dead in Minneapolis apartment following fire
(KSTP-TV)
A person was found dead in a building in Minneapolis following a fire on Monday.
Fire crews responded to the 2500 block of Golden Valley Road around 5:07 p.m. on a report of a possible fire in a three-story residential apartment building.
A spokesperson for the Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) said crews at the scene found heavy black smoke and a smoldering fire in a garden-level apartment unit.
After extinguishing the fire, crews found a man dead. His identity has not been released.
A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS photographer at the scene captured a large police presence at the apartment building several hours after the blaze.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This marks the second fire fatality in the city in 2025.