House Fire in Wauwatosa Leaves One Injured, Pet Dead
I want to start by grounding you in what actually happened, without noise or speculation.
Just before 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, firefighters were called to a home near 96th Street and Hope Avenue, just north of Capitol Drive, after reports of a house fire. When crews arrived, they didn’t walk into a small situation — they were met with active flames and thick, heavy smoke coming from the house.
This wasn’t a slow-building fire. Conditions were already intense by the time first responders got there, which tells you how quickly residential fires can turn dangerous, especially in the morning when people are still inside their homes…