Authorities in Minnesota are investigating two more fatal house fires after an initial deadly blaze last weekend.
In Becker County, the sheriff’s office said a Wednesday morning house fire in rural Carsonville Township killed one occupant and injured a second.
The blaze was reported shortly before 4:30 a.m. when a male resident of the home flagged down a passing motorist and said a female resident was still inside the burning structure. The motorist and a passing Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow operator both called 911.
Firefighters recovered the female’s body inside the home. The male was transported to the Park Rapids hospital with smoke inhalation and possible burns.
In Beltrami County, one person died Monday night when a house burned to the ground in rural Port Hope Township, north of Bemidji.
According to the Bemidji Fire Department, the fire was reported shortly before 9 p.m.
Firefighters arrived to find a large house that had been completely consumed by fire and had collapsed into the basement. The victim’s body was found in the rubble.
Both fires remain under investigation and neither victim has been identified.
In Lake City, a man who died in a Sunday morning house fire has been identified as 45-year-old Richard “RJ” Arruda, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office.
Arruda’s young daughter was rescued from a second-floor window. She was hospitalized. A family dog also perished in the blaze, which remains under investigation.
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