One person dead after fire near 60th Street and Bobolink Avenue; second fatal fire in 24 hours
One person is dead after a fire near 60th Street and Bobolink Avenue (near West Florist Avenue) in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee police say the fire started just before 11 p.m. on Sunday night. During a search of the building fire officials said they found a 49-year-old man dead inside.
Officials also said that the American Red Cross is helping other people who live in the building who have been displaced.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Second fatal fire in the last 24 hours
This latest fire is the second fatal fire in the last 24 hours in Milwaukee with the other taking place on the 1800 block of N. 24th Street where firefighters found a deceased 68-year-old man while responding to that scene.
This also comes just five weeks after a structure fire killed a woman and a toddler near South 19th and West Burnham.
Milwaukee has now recorded 11 fatalities from fires this year, putting it on pace to see over 20 such deaths in 2023. Seventeen fire deaths were reported in the city last year, with 14 fire deaths in 2021.
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