Apartment building remolded nearly a year after deadly fire; residents remember fatal night

It’s been one year since flames ripped through a 4-story apartment in Elliot Park neighborhood.

An investigation into the Aug. 13 fire on the 1500 block of 11th Avenue South revealed the cause to be “incendiary/intentional,” according to the Minneapolis Fire Department.

Responding crews found a fire on the third floor of the building and set to work rescuing residents inside. Two days after the fire, following multiple sweeps by the department, a man and a woman were found dead inside. The additional search was prompted by the property manager, who told investigators he hadn’t seen one of his tenants since the fire…

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