Building explosion in Minneapolis injures 12

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MINNEAPOLIS – First responders are on the scene of a reported building explosion in Minneapolis.

The reported address of the incident is 514 Cedar Avenue South. Robert Ball of Hennepin County EMS tells KARE 11 that as many as a dozen people have been injured and rushed to a number of local hospitals. He describes the injuries as ranging from burns to trauma suffered while falling or jumping from windows.  

Ball does say all people thought to have been in the building at the time of the explosion have been accounted for.

Firefighters are swarming the scene after the call was elevated to three alarms.

KARE 11 has multiple crews en route to the scene and will have the latest information as it becomes available.

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Crews respond to building explosion in Mpls.

Crews respond to building explosion in Mpls.

4 thoughts on “Building explosion in Minneapolis injures 12

  1. You have to wonder whose house (or apartment) was blown up, because we seem to have a recent rash of building explosions which have never been so prevalent in the past.

    In the pre-dictatorship days I remember of one house blowing up from a gas leak, and another explosion of propane tanks in a hardware store, and that was over a period of forty years. Now it’s happening every month.

  2. This place had two stories worth of apartments above a store owned by muslims, and next door to this building was a mosque. Thought that that was interesting info. 😉

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