2 people found dead in Spring Lake Park house fire

November 18, 2019 at 12:01PM
This home in Spring Lake Park, shown in this file photo, caught fire. Two people were found dead inside Saturday. Credit: Anoka County
This home in Spring Lake Park, shown in this file photo, caught fire. Two people were found dead inside Saturday. Credit: Anoka County (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Two people were found dead in a home that caught fire in Spring Lake Park, authorities said Sunday.

Neighbors alerted police and fire departments about 8:50 p.m. Saturday to the blaze in the 500 block of 82nd Avenue NE.

Responders arrived to find the attached garage fully engulfed in flames that had spread to the home.

Once the fire was out, fire personnel found two people dead in the house. Their identities have yet to be released. Authorities say the circumstances leading to the blaze have not been determined.

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