A 41-year-old man is accused of purposefully starting a fire at a northeast Minneapolis duplex that killed his friend late last month.
The man from St. Paul was charged with one count each of second-degree murder and first-degree arson for the Sept. 24 fire, according to a complaint filed in Hennepin County on Friday.
Crews were called to the duplex on 22nd Avenue Northeast near Northeast Jackson Street at about 11:19 p.m., where they arrived to find “heavy fire showing from the front of the residence on the first and second floor,” according to the Minneapolis Fire Department…