KAAL-TV Created: December 22, 2020 11:30 AM (ABC 6 News) - Authorities responded to a structure fire in Albert Lea early Tuesday morning. Authorities responded to a call of a structure fire around 7:52 a.m. at 700 block of Jefferson Ave in Albert Lea when Albert Lea Fire Rescue and the Albert Lea Police Department arrived on the scene to found smoke coming from the second floor of a two-story structure. Fire crews went inside and found a fire in a second-floor bedroom, and crews also searched both the 1st and 2nd floors for residents. Police assisted in contacting the first-floor resident to be sure everyone was out of the house and fire crews extinguished the fire and looked for extension.