Fire breaks out at apartment building near downtown Minneapolis

Crews battle fire at Minneapolis apartment building

MINNEAPOLIS — Crews battled a large apartment fire Friday morning near downtown Minneapolis.

It happened overnight at the building on East 16th Street and Portland Avenue.

WCCO spoke with Minneapolis Fire Department's Deputy Chief Staffan Swanson at the scene.

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"It's always tough whether it's three days from Christmas, three days after or three months," Swanson said. "When someone's house goes up in flames, or their residence goes up in flames, it's pretty tough for everybody."

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Stephen Swanson is a web producer at WCCO. A 20-year station veteran, Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the newsroom, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.