Authorities on Tuesday identified the victim of a house fire last Thursday near Cloquet, the second of three fatal fires in the area last week.
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported that a medical examiner determined that Sharyl L. Nelson, 51, the owner of the home at 3912 Highway 33, died in the fire that was reported just after 8 p.m. last Thursday.
Multiple fire departments responded to reports of the home engulfed in flames, and sheriff's deputies recovered human remains at the scene at about noon Friday
The cause of the fire has not been determined and remains under investigation, the sheriff's office said Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, authorities have not yet publicly identified the victim of an early morning fire last Thursday in Hermantown.
Fire crews arrived at 3:17 a.m. last Thursday to find the home on the 5300 block of West Arrowhead Road engulfed in flames. Human remains found in the debris of the home likely are those of the 87-year-old woman who lived there, authorities said, but confirmation of that was pending further testing at last report.
The Hermantown Police Department did not return a message left on Tuesday seeking an update on that fire investigation.
A 52-year-old man died in a fire that destroyed a home in Normanna Township northeast of Duluth on Saturday afternoon.
The sheriff's office said the remains of Jeffrey Sorvik were found in the rubble after an extensive search of the house that Sorvik lived in at 6139 Pioneer Junction Road. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
