Male Victim Dies After North Moorhead House Fire

(Moorhead, MN) -- A shocking and saddening update to a fire that happened in North Moorhead earlier this week.

Moorhead Fire Department says the male victim in a residential fire at 710 12th Street North in Moorhead on July 20th passed away Wednesday at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.  He is identified as 62 year-old Robert Blue of Moorhead.

Moorhead Police are investigating the cause of death and his body has been transported to Ramsey County Medical Center in St. Paul for an autopsy. 

The fire remains under investigation by the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s office.