Investigators looking into cause of large fire in Uptown neighborhood
Investigators are working to find out what sparked a large, overnight fire at an Uptown neighborhood building in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
A call came in around midnight for the 1700 block of West Lake Street, and Minneapolis Deputy Fire Chief Rita Juran says the fight was tricky from the start.
Despite the large amount of construction that’s happening in the area, Juran said her crews were able to get to the scene relatively quickly. However, due to that same construction, many of the fire hydrants in the area were shut off.
Crews ended up having to go two blocks down the road to find a hydrant that would work for their aerial ladder.
Once crews got…
