Apartment fire in Kenosha; 3 dead, cause under investigation

An investigation is underway following a deadly apartment fire in Kenosha on Monday, Jan. 17. Officials two adults were found dead at the scene. One adult appeared to have died from a medical event unrelated to the fire and the other as a result of the fire. A third adult later died at the hospital, due to injuries sustained in the fire.Upon arrival, crews found the entire building filled with smoke and the west side of the building consumed with flames.

Two residents who were trapped in upper-level units had to be rescued by fire personnel utilizing ladder trucks. They were successfully rescued. As crews worked to get the fire under control, displaced residents were held in warming busses provided by Kenosha Transit. A Kenosha police officer was transported to an area hospital for smoke inhalation, he was later released.

Two people remain unaccounted for, however, officials do not believe they are in the structure. Kenosha Fire is working with building management to locate these people.This fire remains an open and active investigation, led by Kenosha Fire Department. A Milwaukee 16-year-old is charged in connection to a string of burglaries and car thefts. Investigators say in one case, he stole 20 guns from a locked cabinet inside a Menomonee Falls home -- arrested after he shot himself with one of them.

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