Child dies in fire at central Minnesota home

A child died in a fire at a home in Pine County, Minnesota, early Monday morning. 

The Pine County Sheriff's Office said it responded to a 911 call of a house fire in the Sturgeon Lake area at 1:36 a.m. on June 20, with a boy still in the house. 

Fire departments from neighboring communities responded and "quickly" located the boy, but he had already died. 

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Crime and Public SafetyPine County