Police: 1 Dead In Mound Apartment Fire

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- One woman is dead after an apartment fire in Mound Thursday morning.

Police say the Mound Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in the 5600 Grandview apartment building just after 8 a.m.

One apartment was involved in the fire, and crews discovered a woman, later identified as 61-year-old Elizabeth M. Maldonado, unresponsive in a bedroom.

Attempts to resuscitate Maldonado were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The state fire marshal is assisting Mound's fire department with the investigation.