A 77-year-old man died over the weekend in a fire in Columbia Heights.
On Saturday at about 4:00 p.m., Columbia Heights fire and police personnel responded to a fire-related medical emergency on the 5000 block of 5th St. NE. The fire took place in the garage of a house, said a city spokesman. Emergency responders found a man with severe burns who was taken to HCMC where he later died.
On Monday, the man was identified as Adelaido Holguin-Sandova, of Columbia Heights, by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.
Authorities have determined the cause of the fire was accidental. Nobody else was injured.
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