More than 200 people were evacuated from a low-income residential hotel after a fire broke out early Christmas morning and quickly grew to four alarms, Minneapolis fire officials said
The Francis Drake Hotel caught fire about 3 a.m. Wednesday, Minneapolis Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said. Roughly half of the city's fire personnel were still battling the blaze at 11 a.m., he said. Temperatures in Minneapolis dipped into the 30s on this damp, foggy morning, and Metro Transit, the city's public transport operator, was working to find temporary shelter for those displaced. The Red Cross was also providing food and drinks to residents, Tyner said.
— Mayor Jacob Frey December 25, 2019 Around 3:50 a.m., crews on the third floor reported that the fire had spread to the hotel's attic and then to the third floor. Crews themselves evacuated the building about 30 minutes later,"switching to an exterior defensive attack," the department tweeted.By 5:16 a.m., the fire was upgraded to four alarms. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Tyner said. It's unlikely the entire building can be salvaged, he said.
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