HENDRUM, Minn. (KFGO) – The Norman County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man who died last Friday morning in a house fire in Hendrum, Minnesota.
Sheriff Jeremy Thornton identifies the victim as 66-year-old Robert Torkelson, who lived in the house. Thornton says it appears smoking was the cause of the blaze.
A state fire investigator determined that the fire started in a couch in the living room.