Update: 5 dead & 1 missing in Minneapolis. Fire in McMahon's Irish Pub & apartments. New early video added.
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At least five people were killed and one person is still unaccounted for after a large fire destroyed the building housing McMahon’s Irish Pub and several apartments on Lake Street in south Minneapolis Friday morning.
Officials said two adults and two children died in the fire. The age of the fifth person who died wasn’t released.
Officials have not identified any of the victims, but friends said Ryan Richner died in the fire. The owner of the building said Richner lived in one of the apartments.
Raw video above shot about 35 minutes after the fire was reported.
“My friend’s apartment is upstairs,” one woman said. “He works for us. His name is Ryan and I can’t get a hold of him.”
“We’ve had a terrible loss here, and our deep concern is that it could be worse,” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said. “So right now, we need help from everybody in the public to bring forth any information they have about who could have been in that building.”
The rest of the videos from this person were shot later in the morning: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
The fire started around 6 a.m. on the 3000 block of Lake Street. When firefighters arrived, fire was already coming out of five windows on the second floors. Crews attempted to enter the building, but had to leave because it was too hot and too dangerous.
Crews rescued one person from the burning building. A witness saw fire crews giving that person CPR on the road. That person was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center where he or she died. Officials have not released that person’s name.
Carrie Carlson, with the Red Cross, said six apartments were affected by the fire and said 15 people were living in those six apartments. That does not take into account any guests any of the residents may have had in the building at the time of the fire.
At 1:30 p.m., fire crews were still working to put out hot spots. The roof and the first floor of the building had collapsed. Officials said it could be days before crews can get into the building to check the structure because of the extensive fire and water damage.
Initially, investigators thought the fire started in one of the corners of the building on the second floor. It could be weeks before they have a final cause of the fire.
