A homeless encampment fire in south Minneapolis spread to a nearby home Tuesday night, displacing several people.The Minneapolis Fire Department says multiple propane tanks used by encampment residents to keep warm exploded just before 10:30 p.

Eight people are out of their home and dozens more are out of a south Minneapolis encampment after multiple propane tanks caught fire on Tuesday night.

The Minneapolis Fire Department says a large fire has destroyed a homeless encampment and caused eight people living inside a nearby home to become displaced after flames spread late Tuesday night.

A fire raged through a large homeless encampment Tuesday night in south Minneapolis, also damaging two neighboring homes and displacing residents of a burned house and the camp’s occupants. Minneapolis fire crews responded about 10:30 p.

A Tuesday night fire raged through a Minneapolis homeless encampment and spread to a neighboring home, displacing its residents. The Minneapolis Fire Department said its crews responded to reports of a fire at an encampment in the 2400 block of 15th Avenue South at around 10:24 p.

Crews arrived to find several tents in the encampment fully engulfed in flames and propane tanks exploding, as well as a neighboring home that had caught fire.