The Brief
- One person died in an apartment fire near 1st and Layton in Milwaukee on Saturday morning, Nov. 8.
- This apartment did not have working sprinklers, as due to its age, it didn’t require them.
- State lawmakers have introduced legislation to help fix that, but there is opposition.
MILWAUKEE – Another fire, another building without automatic sprinklers. It’s another death emergency responders call “avoidable.”
An early Saturday morning apartment fire on Nov. 8 had the entire street blocked off and more than a dozen people displaced.
Now, local and state leaders are renewing their push for change, but opponents say it’s not that easy.
“It is a problem, it is a problem.”…