One Dead, Another Injured in MN Homeless Encampment Fire

    Jan. 20, 2021
    Arson and police homicide investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at a homeless encampment in downtown St. Paul.

    By Paul Walsh

    Source Star Tribune

    St. Paul, MN, Police Department
    One person was killed and another was injured in a fire at a homeless encampment in downtown St. Paul, MN, on Wednesday.
    One person was killed and another was injured in a fire at a homeless encampment in downtown St. Paul, MN, on Wednesday.

    Fire at a homeless encampment Wednesday morning in downtown St. Paul killed one person and injured another, authorities said.

    The blaze along Shepard Road between Jackson and N. Sibley streets was reported to police about 7:30 a.m.

    The Fire Department has since extinguished the flames, said police spokesman Steve Linders.

    Police homicide and arson investigators remained at the scene to determine how the fire began.

    "At this time, there are no arrests," Linders said.

    Authorities have released no information about either the person who was killed or the person injured.

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