Authorities are pointing to a variety of causes that killed five young siblings in a duplex fire last week in north Minneapolis, reports the Minnesota Star-Tribune.
The determinations were released Monday by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office in the deaths from the predawn fire in the upper unit of the duplex at 2818 Colfax Avenue N. The office added that investigators have yet to determine how the fire began.
Three people escaped the fire and remain Tuesday in the Hennepin County Medical Center: father Troy Lewis, 60, is in satisfactory condition, while daughters Shaca, 9, and Electra, 5, remain in critical condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Three of the children died at the scene shortly before 5 a.m.: Gwendolyn, 18 months, and Christopher, 8, both from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning; and Mary, 6, from smoke inhalation and burns.
The other two children died about an hour later at North Memorial Medical Center: Troy, 3, from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning; and Fannie, 4, from inhaling “products of combustion” from the fire, the medical examiner’s office report read.
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