Two children were rescued from a burning home on Milwaukee’s north side Thursday morning after one child was found hanging from a third-floor window as flames tore through the house.
The fire broke out just after 8:30 a.m. on the 3300 block of North Buffum Street near Townsend, destroying a home that had been in the family for decades.
“A child was hanging out of the front window of that third-floor attic space. Crews showed up on scene, getting ladders up to that front porch, and thankfully they were able to get both kids out of the building,” said Christopher Brown, battalion chief with the Milwaukee Fire Department.
Both children were taken to the hospital and are said to be doing well.
For their mother, Courtney Turrentine, relief quickly turned to heartbreak as she returned to find her home destroyed. Turrentine was an hour away at work when she received the call that firefighters couldn’t find her youngest child…