Minneapolis police on scene of car fire with possible victim inside

The burned out car is in an alley near Powderhorn Park.

September 26, 2017 at 8:35PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minneapolis police are on the scene of a car fire on the city's south side with a possible victim inside.

According to scanner reports, police were called to an alley in the area of 37th Street and Chicago Avenue S. on a report of the blaze, which as since been extinguished.

There is a heavy police presence on the scene, where crime scene tape surrounds the scorched silver sedan. Homicide investigators recently arrived.

This is a breaking news update. Check back at Startribune.com for more details.

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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