MFD: 2-alarm apartment fire leaves 3 injured
MILWAUKEE - Fire crews were called to an apartment fire near 25th and Wells shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday.
An apartment inside a multi-unit apartment building was on fire, according to police.
A 22-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital.
One firefighter was also transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to MFD Fire Chief Lipski.
Multiple people self-evacuated the building and some were rescued off the second floor, according to MFD.
The cause of the fire is under investigation but does not appear to be suspicious.
The American Red Cross is helping 40 people from 16 units who were displaced from their homes in this fire.
"When it gets to be below freezing for a number of days in a row, things break. Electrical systems go awry. It increases the number of culprits around these spikes of winter fires," said Justin Kern with the American Red Cross of Wisconsin.
Kern said the organization has helped, on average, 17 people a day at more than two fires per day since the start of 2021.
"The fire departments are always there; the police department. We are just extremely grateful for their partnership," Kern said.
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