Tiny cabin worth nearly $250K burns down in northern Minnesota

A file photo of fire (photo via pixabay).

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down a small cabin worth nearly a quarter-million dollars in northeastern Minnesota early Monday morning. 

At 5 a.m., St. Louis County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a structure fire about 10 miles north of Duluth on the 3300 block of North Alden Lake Road in North Star Township. When they arrived, the 42 by 24-foot cabin was completely engulfed. 

The cabin was a total loss. It is estimated at approximately $240,000. 

The cabin was unoccupied at the time of the fire. 

The State Fire Marshal and the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office are investigating the cause of the fire.