EYOTA, Minn. – A 39-year-old man was taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation after a duplex fire northeast of Eyota. Olmsted County deputies, first to arrive, found heavy white smoke coming out the front door. They said the man was using a fire extinguisher in an attempt to quell the flames but inhaled too much smoke. He was taken 16 miles to a Rochester hospital. The fire was confined mainly to an oven, firefighters sad. This was about 7:20 p.m.
