The fire began in a garage on the 5600 block of Lyndale Avenue South around 11:25 p.m., the Minneapolis Fire Department said. It spread to two adjacent buildings — a three-story apartment complex and a residential motel.

Roughly 50 residents from the 5600 block of Lyndale Avenue S. have been displaced, and minor injuries were reported to two firefighters and a civilian, said Assistant Fire Chief Melanie Rucker. Fire officials have yet to address a preliminary cause for the blaze.

A large fire in south Minneapolis that burned for hours from late Wednesday into Thursday morning left three people — including two firefighters — injured and displaced dozens of residents.