AMinneapoliswoman has been charged after a fire at an apartment building killed two people and seriously injured two others.
Deonna Marie Presbury, 35, faces two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree arson for her alleged role in the Aug. 13 blaze on the1500 block of 11th Ave. S.
According to the criminal complaint, firefighters responded to the building and found it fully engulfed in flames. Two residents were found in Apartment 403, both dead from smoke inhalation. Two other victims suffered severe burns and required rescue from their fourth-floor apartments. Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set, with two points of origin identified on the second floor.
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