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Three people are dead and another critically
injured after an apartment fire in the east-central Minnesota town
of Mora.


      Kanabec County Sheriff Steve Schulz says two
adults and one juvenile are dead.


      Deputies were called just before 7:15 a.m. Thursday and found
the four-plex engulfed in flames. Deputies helped safely evacuate
three people from the complex but later discovered there were
multiple victims.


      An adult was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital in critical
condition.


      Names of the victims have not been released. The Minnesota State
Fire Marshal and the Kanabec County sheriff's office are
investigating the cause of the blaze.

      Mora is a town of about 3,700 located 70 miles north of
Minneapolis.

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Three people are dead and another critically
injured after an apartment fire in the east-central Minnesota town
of Mora.


Sheriff: 3 dead, 1 critically injured in Mora fire

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