STRATHCONA, Minn. (Valley News Live) – A man is dead after an apparent house fire Monday in the Roseau County town of Strathcona.

According to the Roseau County Sheriff’s Office, officers were dispatched to the home around 6:31 p.m. for a fire and smoke damage inside the home. Only one victim was found, his body was taken to the Northern University Forensic Science Department for an autopsy. The name has not yet been released.

The sheriff says there is no threat to the public. Both Lifecare Medical Center Ambulance and the Greenbush Fire Department responded to the scene along with the Sheriff’s Office.

The case remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minnesota State Fire Marshal.

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