The Brief
- Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi was sentenced to 15 years in prison for setting fire to an Eden Prairie townhome in May 2024.
- Firefighters pulled a nine-month-old baby from the burning townhome. The infant had stopped breathing at that point and needed to be revived.
- Prosecutors say Abdullahi, who was targeting his ex-girlfriend (who wasn’t home at the time), started the fire and had sent a threatening text prior to setting the blaze.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A man who set a fire at an Eden Prairie townhome with children inside that left a baby fighting for her life has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime.
2024 Eden Prairie fire
The backstory:
On May 31, 2024, Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi set fire to an Eden Prairie townhome on Cardiff Lane, a short side street near the intersection of Flying Cloud Drive and Prairie Center Drive.
Inside the townhome at the time were five people, another man and four children – including a nine-month-old baby. The man and three of the children were able to escape, but the baby was still inside the burning home when firefighters arrived.…