About half the residents of a St. Paul high-rise forced from their homes by a fire earlier this week have returned to their apartments, city officials said Friday.

More than 770 people were displaced early Sunday morning when a small fire broke out on the 12th floor of the Skyline Tower complex at Griggs Street and St. Anthony Avenue, according to a news release. No one was injured, but the blaze caused outages of the water, heating and electrical systems, rendering the building uninhabitable.

As of Friday afternoon, all 141 households of the complex’s east tower were back in their apartments, the news release said. The units in the west tower suffered significant water damage from the building’s sprinkler system and require repairs before they can be occupied.

The city’s Department of

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