Minnetonka police, fire departments investigate house fire

Four fire departments needed to extinguish flames. No injuries reported.

December 2, 2013 at 8:30AM

Early Monday morning, firefighters remained on the scene of an overnight house fire in Minnetonka.

Crews were dispatched to the structure on Victor Lane around 9:15 p.m. Sunday. Before night's end, firefighters from Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins and St. Louis Park joined in battling the blaze.

By 1:30 a.m. Monday, the big flames were out, but firefighters were still putting out smaller ones, according to the Minnetonka Police Department.

"When officers arrived on the scene smoke and fire were coming from the attached garage of a single family dwelling," said a statement issued by police after midnight. "All of the occupants were evacuated from the home. The home was severely damaged as a result of the fire."

No one was injured, the statement said.

Minnetonka's police and fire departments are still investigating to determine the fire's cause.

Susan Hogan • @StribNightOwl

Anthony Lonetree • @StribLonetree

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Anthony Lonetree has been covering St. Paul Public Schools and general K-12 issues for the Star Tribune since 2012-13. He began work in the paper's St. Paul bureau in 1987 and was the City Hall reporter for five years before moving to various education, public safety and suburban beats.

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