Authorities are investigating a townhouse fire Sunday that killed a person in Inver Grove Heights.
Firefighters were called to the home on Conroy Trail south of 75th Street around 8:50 p.m. Sunday and saw heavy fire and smoke inside a unit. Early reports were that someone could be inside, Inver Grove Heights Fire Chief Judy Smith Thill said in a statement Monday.
Firefighters knocked down the fire and then found a person dead inside the home, Thill said.
Identifying information about the victim has not been released.
Fire damage was contained to the one unit, and no one else was hurt, Thill said.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office and Inver Grove Heights Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire.