Sister mourns loss of sibling in deadly Milwaukee apartment fire, calls for stronger safety rules

A Milwaukee woman is grieving the loss of her sister and brother-in-law after a deadly apartment fire near 1st and Layton last week, while calling for stronger fire safety regulations in older buildings.

Kayleen Blake, 74, died from smoke inhalation and burns suffered in the Saturday fire that also killed her husband, Paul Blake, 75. The couple lived in a 20-unit apartment building near the airport that did not have a sprinkler system.

“I’m pretty much by myself. And I relied on my sister for help, and now I got nobody,” said Karre Kutsugeras, Kayleen’s sister…

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