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

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 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.