One person died in a Tuesday garage fire in Detroit Township, about 3 miles north of Detroit Lakes, according to the Becker County Sheriff’s Office.

Dispatchers received a call at 5:01 p.m. reporting a fire with a possible injury. Detroit Lakes Fire Chief Mike Hanson arrived to find a two-stall detached garage fully engulfed in flames.

The sheriff’s office said a male victim had been found in the garage by a neighbor and family members. He was pulled from the garage before emergency responders arrived. The victim was airlifted from western Minnesota to Hennepin County Medical Center, in Minneapolis, where he later died. His name is being withheld pending further notification of family.

Hanson said the state fire marshal will make the final determination of the cause of the fire, but early indications suggest it started in the back of the garage. The fire did not reach the house, he said.

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