South Minneapolis man dies nearly two weeks after his apartment caught fire

Fire officials suspect the fire originated in an oven in the third-floor apartment.

April 26, 2021 at 12:39PM

A south Minneapolis man has died nearly two weeks after his apartment caught fire, authorities said.

Alan M. Olson, 59, suffered injuries on April 8 and died Wednesday at HCMC, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.

Fire officials suspect the fire originated in Olson's oven in his third-floor apartment.

The medical examiner's office has classified the manner of death as accidental, but it did not say how the fire began.

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