BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Fire officials say two people have died in connection to a two-alarm fire that happened Tuesday morning on Minnesota Avenue.
Investigators said a fire started just after 7 a.m. in the 400 block of Minnesota Avenue. Officials said a 31-year-old man was found dead at the scene of the fire and a 65-year-old woman was taken to ECMC, where she was pronounced dead.
A 54-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were in the upstairs of the house at the time of the fire. Fire officials say both survived by jumping out of a window. They were both taken to ECMC where they are being treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries.
The Fire Department estimates that the fire caused $150,000 in damages to the house. The fire spread to a neighboring house and also caused $100,000 in exposure damages, according to officials.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.