Tower Fire in Somali Area of Minneapolis Kills Five

MINNEAPOLIS — The chaos erupted in the night. Dazed residents spilled out of apartments into hallways thick with smoke. As alarms sounded, they struggled down staircase after staircase. They desperately dialed relatives on cellphones, begging for instructions about how to get out. “We need help!” Sharmarke Ali recalled hearing his father plead in a call that came before dawn. A fast-moving, smoky fire on the 14th floor of a high-rise in a Minneapolis public housing complex left at least five ...