One man injured, sent to hospital after Holton Street apartment building fire

The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) says one man was transported to Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s for treatment of smoke inhalation after it was dispatched to a fire inside a five-unit apartment building at 2035 N. Holton St. around 3:27 p.m. on Sunday.

Kiara Orozco, who lives just two doors down from the structure, watched as fire crews worked to put out the flames.

“I come out and I feel water spraying from all the way on the other side of the house. I look over and the fire is still going,” Orozco said.

“And then they came in and they had to cut through the attic.”…

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