1 dead in Minneapolis house fire

One person died in a house fire early Sunday in Minneapolis.

Firefighters were called about 3:20 a.m. to a home in the 3400 block of Chicago Avenue. A fire on the back porch spread to the second floor, garage and a neighboring house.

One person was found in the house that first burned.

No one else was injured.

The Red Cross is assisting the two families displaced by the fire.

It's the the third fire fatality of the year in Minneapolis.

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