Seafood restaurant explodes, killing central Minnesota man, sheriff says

COLLINWOOD TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A central Minnesota man died after his fish house exploded Saturday morning, officials said.

Jeffery Holmquist, 46, of Dassel, was in a fish house in Collinwood Township when a gas explosion occurred, according to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office. It happened just before 7 a.m.

Holmquist suffered severe burns and was flown to Hennepin Healthcare, where he later died, the sheriff’s office said.

The sheriff is investigating with the assistance of the State Fire Marshal.