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Hoping for new details into fatal Delafield fire Monday
Hoping for new details into fatal Delafield fire Monday
DELAFIELD (WITI) — We hope to learn new information on Monday, August 12th as it relates to a fatal five-alarm fire in Delafield that took the life of Sarah Brucker -- a popular Milwaukee-area makeup artist last Wednesday night, August 7th. Autopsy results are expected to be released on Monday.
Sarah Brucker (Photo Courtesy Front Room Photography)
Colleagues say 36-year-old Brucker was scheduled to work a photo shoot Thursday morning, August 8th, but never showed up.
“She was supposed to be here to do makeup, so she was about 15 minutes late. We started going to Facebook and saw some pretty devastating comments, some very sympathetic comments,” said Eron Laber of Front Room Photography. “You just don’t expect anybody to just disappear from your life when they’re young and healthy and, you know, smart.”
Brucker was not only well known for makeup artistry, she also co-owned Blush salons in the Third Ward and Mequon with Jhoesy Leon.
Fire crews were called to Brucker’s home just before 9 p.m., and 14 fire departments responded.
Not long after the fire was put out, first responders asked the state for help in investigating the fire.
Neighbor Ramona Englund says a home close by burned down a few years ago, only to be rebuilt. She recalls it didn't take long for firefighters to determine that was an accident and says no state investigators were needed.
This blaze is proving different, but Englund says she hopes what is uncovered leads to answers, rather than more questions.
"Sounds fishy -- especially when they start that type of an investigation and somebody died. I hope that they find that nothing was criminal and it was juts an accident," Englund said.
Brucker had two children, who were not home at the time of the incident.
A family member tells FOX6 News funeral services for Brucker are set for Monday.