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Feb. 14 – Three people were killed and several were injured in a duplex fire in North Minneapolis Friday.
Units were called to the 2800 block of Colfax Avenue N. at 5:01 a.m. and found smoke and fire from the second floor of the 2 1/2-story home.
With reports of people trapped, a second alarm was sounded on arrival.
Firefighters began fire attack efforts and searching the home.
“Under extreme weather and fire conditions, firefighters entered the building to extinguish fire on the second and discovered the fire had extended to third,” Assistant Chief Cherie Penn said.
Five victims were transported to Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Medical Center, and their conditions are not known.
At 5:22 a.m. a third was struck for additional personnel. A total of 40 firefighters responded to the scene.
One firefighter was injured and treated.
Penn said several people were left homeless…
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