ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The City of St. Paul says 1,500 residents inside the Skyline Tower have been forced out of the apartment building following an early Sunday morning fire.

Skyline Tower fire

What we know:

The City of St. Paul says it helped evacuate 1,500 residents after an early morning fire on Sunday on the tower's 12th floor. The fire was quickly extinguished, but minutes later the fire department was called again after management said the failure of the building's electrical system had activated sprinklers on three floors, causing a power outage.

The city says the loss of power disrupted water, heat, the fire suppression system, fire alarms, and all the building's elevators. The building has been deemed uninhabitable due to the loss of power.

The backstory:

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