Firefighters battling blaze at St. Paul business

Fire in St. Paul
Firefighters battle a fire at a furniture store in St. Paul on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson

Firefighters are battling a fire at a furniture store in St. Paul this morning.

The three-alarm fire at the store on Prior Avenue just a few blocks north of University Avenue started early in the morning.

Crews from St. Paul, Minneapolis and Maplewood are on the scene.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Crews are having to work in below-zero temperatures.

There have been a string of fires in the Twin Cities in the past several days. Two people were killed in a house fire in Minneapolis and another person was killed in a St. Paul house fire.

In addition, KSTP-TV reported that a woman was missing early Tuesday morning in a house fire in Edina.

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