Garage fire kills man in western Minn.

A 53-year-old man is dead after a garage fire in western Minnesota.

The Stevens County sheriff's office was called to the fire near Hancock just after 7 p.m. Sunday.

The sheriff's office identifies the victim as Loren Melvin Becker.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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