‘We hope that it’s just an accident’: Cause of Prior Lake mosque fire unknown

ST. PAUL — The cause of a middle-of-the-night fire at a Prior Lake Mosque early on Monday, Dec. 8, is still unknown, but community leaders have asked mosques across the state to be alert.

A neighbor called Scott County dispatch at 2:22 a.m. on Monday alerting to a fire at 5995 Timber Trail SE in Prior Lake, according to a news release from the Prior Lake Fire Department. Prior Lake fire crew responded and were on scene at 2:29 a.m. and met with “visible flames coming through the roof,” according to the fire department.

The department said that firefighters were pushed outside the building “due to the extent of the fire,” and that a portion of the roof subsequently collapsed. The fire department reported nobody in the building upon arrival and no injuries to the public or firefighters.

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