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Minneapolis Firefighters Battle Bar Blaze: Six Dead, Including Three Children
By BRIANA BIERSCHBACH
Associated Press Writer
MINNEAPOLIS -- Six people including three children died Friday after a fire swept through a two-story building in Minneapolis that included several apartments and an Irish pub, authorities said.
One woman died at a hospital early Friday, then the bodies of two men and three children were recovered from the building throughout the day, city fire officials said. The victims' names have not been released. Authorities said they don't believe anyone else died in the fire.
Firefighters said the blaze broke out about 6 a.m. and they arrived to find heavy flames and smoke coming out of the building, which housed McMahon's Pub on the first floor and six apartments on the second. By Friday afternoon, the roof had collapsed.
The fire began in a second-floor apartment, but the cause hasn't been determined, said John Fruetel, assistant chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department.
Authorities found eight violations during a fire code inspection March 15 on the commercial part of the building. Among them, the pub's fire alarm system hadn't been tested in more than a year and there weren't enough fire extinguishers, said Minneapolis Fire Marshal Bryan Tyner.
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Associated Press writers Chris Williams and Amy Forliti contributed to this report from Minneapolis and Brian Bakst contributed from St. Paul.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Associated Press Writer
MINNEAPOLIS -- Six people including three children died Friday after a fire swept through a two-story building in Minneapolis that included several apartments and an Irish pub, authorities said.
One woman died at a hospital early Friday, then the bodies of two men and three children were recovered from the building throughout the day, city fire officials said. The victims' names have not been released. Authorities said they don't believe anyone else died in the fire.
Firefighters said the blaze broke out about 6 a.m. and they arrived to find heavy flames and smoke coming out of the building, which housed McMahon's Pub on the first floor and six apartments on the second. By Friday afternoon, the roof had collapsed.
The fire began in a second-floor apartment, but the cause hasn't been determined, said John Fruetel, assistant chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department.
Authorities found eight violations during a fire code inspection March 15 on the commercial part of the building. Among them, the pub's fire alarm system hadn't been tested in more than a year and there weren't enough fire extinguishers, said Minneapolis Fire Marshal Bryan Tyner.
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Associated Press writers Chris Williams and Amy Forliti contributed to this report from Minneapolis and Brian Bakst contributed from St. Paul.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Buck on
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That is sad to hear 3 kids died, I hate those kind of calls
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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This sounds like something that would have happened 100 years ago, not the 21s Century... smoke detectors, neighbors... these victims should have been alerted and given the chance to live. What a senseless tragedy and how very sad for the families, friends and firefighters that had to deal with this.
CBz
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