Crime & Safety

Woman Dies In Inver Grove Heights House Fire

A 69-year-old woman died Thursday as a result of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries in a residential house fire in the south metro.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN — A 69-year-old woman died Thursday as a result of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries in a residential house fire, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced. Judy Diane Lawrence died at a home one the 6400 block of Delila Avenue in Inver Grove Heights just before 9:30 p.m.

Inver Grove Heights Police and the Minnesota State Fire Marshall continue to investigate the incident.

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