A minor roof fire Wednesday on a commercial building sent a large plume of smoke over northeast Minneapolis. No injuries were reported, and damage was limited to a small area on the roof, according to Assistant Fire Chief Cherie Penn.
No injuries in northeast Minneapolis fire
No injuries reported in the northeast Minneapolis fire.
March 31, 2011 at 12:45AM
The incident at 2626 2nd St. NE began just after 10 a.m. when a vat of tar caught fire and ignited a 5-pound propane cylinder. The fire did not spread to the building's interior. Penn said it was a "superficial tar fire." Fire crews put out the fire and left the scene by 11 a.m.
MATT MCKINNEY
