Scars remain year after deadly Minneapolis fire
Published 9:55 am Friday, January 2, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS — The cause of a deadly New Year’s Day fire in Minneapolis remains a mystery one year later.
Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured when the explosion and fire ripped through an apartment building in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
Victims said months of hospital stays and physical and psychological trauma still prevents them from resuming their normal lives.
The fire’s cause has not been determined, but a team of attorneys representing the victims continues to pore over the evidence.
Sgt. Sean McKenna of the Minneapolis Police Department’s arson unit said the cause probably was a gas leak. CenterPoint Energy says it found no gas leaks in its system.
Investigators found no evidence of foul play.