Father of Two Dies in Overnight House Fire in St. Louis
I can’t shake the image: thick smoke pouring out of a small home in the middle of the night, neighbors watching in silence, and firefighters rushing in knowing someone might still be trapped inside.
That was the scene early Wednesday morning in Holly Hills, a quiet neighborhood in south St. Louis. Around 12:45 a.m., fire crews were called to a house on the 4100 block of Tyrolean Avenue. The report was grim—heavy smoke, and someone possibly still inside.
By the time they got the flames under control and reached the man, it was already too late. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead on the scene…