Fire displaces about 40 people on Milwaukee's west side, continuing recent rash of fires in difficult weather
Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee’s tragic rash of apartment fires continued early Saturday when 40 people on the city’s west side were displaced after a 16-unit building caught fire.
The fire, which left two people injured, adds to a brutal 10-day period beginning Jan. 28 in which two people have died and approximately 175 people have been displaced from fires in Milwaukee.
Fire crews were called to the 800 block of North 25th Street, in the Avenues West neighborhood, at 4 a.m. Saturday, according to a statement from the Milwaukee Police Department. One apartment in the 16-unit building caught fire.