Federal specialists called to help investigate St. Paul fire
ST. PAUL (AP) — Expert federal investigators are joining joined state and local teams who are working to find a cause of a huge fire at a hotel construction site in St. Paul.
Fire caused extensive damage to the five-story Courtyard by Marriott hotel Tuesday and significant damage to a six-story apartment building under construction at the development site known as the Seven Corners Gateway project.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has sent members of its National Response Team to downtown St. Paul to assist in the investigation.