Police Officer Taken to Hospital Following Rochester House Fire
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A member of the Rochester Police Department was taken to a hospital following a house fire on Monday.
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The Rochester Fire Department says crews were dispatched to the blaze shortly after 8:30 a.m.
Preliminary reports indicated people were possibly trapped inside of the burning home, a fire department news release says.
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Responding crews learned one person was unaccounted for when they arrived at the scene. The fire broke out in the 3800 block of 10th Ave. Northwest.
Heavy smoke was reported to be coming from a side window of the home. Firefighters began deploying water and entered the front of the home. No one was found during the search that occurred during the firefight, the fire department says.
The unaccounted for person was then located outside of the home once the fire was put out. A Rochester police officer who also responded to the scene was transported to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, officials say.
No other injuries were reported. The house suffered what officials described as major smoke and fire damage throughout the home.
The cause of the fire is not yet available. Mayo Clinic Ambulance and the American Red Cross joined the Rochester Fire Department and Rochester Police Department in responding to the house fire.
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