HOKAH, Minn. — Firefighters found a severely burned woman outside a burning Hokah house and the remains of a another person inside. The victims’ names were withheld without explanation by Houston County Sheriff Brian Swedberg. Firefighters arrived around 4:30 a.m. to find the wood frame two-story house fully engulfed. This was on South Third Street, a dead-end block off State Highway 44, which heads out of town toward Caledonia. The woman was described as having “extreme burns throughout her body and other injuries.” She was taken 13 miles to a LaCrosse hospital.
Beyond salvage. Fire’s origins not determined. State fire marshal to investigate/. Image: Houston County sheriff
