Man seriously injured in Minneapolis grain mill fall
Posted: 6:35 a.m. | Updated: 6:49 a.m.
Three people were exploring the empty Fruen grain mill shortly after midnight when one of them fell about 40 feet, according to Minneapolis fire officials.
The explorers were about 12 stories off the ground when the man fell.
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Firefighters from both Minneapolis and St. Paul were called to the mill west of downtown Minneapolis.
The man who fell suffered a leg and a face injury. He was not identified, but was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
It's the second time in a year rescuers have had to rescue someone at the same facility. One man died in a fall at the site in 2006 and another was injured in a 70-foot fall there that same year.
Today's fall also comes after a University of Minnesota student was killed in a fall at the abandoned Bunge mill near campus earlier this month.
Officials are urging people to stay out of the abandoned buildings.