BELLEVILLE, Ill. (First Alert 4) – A balloon release was held Tuesday night at the house where a deadly fire claimed 3 lives in Belleville early Monday morning. Seven people lived in the two-story house on South 13th Street, near West Lincoln. George Pappas, Jr. told First Alert 4 that he woke up around 5:00 a.m. and heard a smoke alarm and the sound of the fire crackling.