Third victim in Cedar-Riverside fire identified

Fire follow up
Mrimri Jama Farah was killed in a New Year's Day fire in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Simonson / MPR News

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a third man killed in a New Year's Day fire in Minneapolis.

The body of 60-year-old Mrimri Jama Farah was recovered from a Cedar-Riverside building that housed apartments and a grocery store. The cause and manner of death are pending, officials with the medical examiner's office said.

The fire also killed Ahmed Farah Ali, 57 and Abdiqani Adan, 29.

Fire officials are still investigating what started the blast, which also injured 13 people.

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