ABC MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – Fourteen people have been hospitalized and at least four remain unaccounted for after a building explosion and fire in Minneapolis on New Year’s Day.
Fire crews responded to a report of an explosion around 8 a.m. Wednesday on the 500 block of Cedar Avenue and remained on the scene Thursday morning.
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Somali leaders confirmed with KSTP the four people missing were not with family or at the hospital.
Hennepin County Medical Center officials said they had three patients in critical condition and six in satisfactory condition Wednesday night. A few of the other victims went to the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview. Robert Ball of Hennepin County Emergency Medical Services says the victims suffered from injuries ranging from burns to trauma associated with falling or jumping from windows.
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