A 50-year-old man has died after an apartment fire in Waukesha. Four others were taken to the hospital. : 30 a.m. Tuesday. “The fire was under construction. It started going up to the top, you know, hitting the balcony on the second floor,” said neighbor Clinton Zimmerman. Waukesha Fire Chief Steven Howard said two people had to jump from a second. – floor windows to escape the fire. “That’s when I saw my neighbor walking out with a T-shirt and no shoes on. I thought I would help him, give him a double coat and what I can for his shoes. ,” Zimmerman Howard said firefighters were able to find and rescue two others from inside the building. The fire department said five patients, three men and two women, were taken to the hospital. Two women suffered life-threatening burns while the other two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Four other residents were in the building when the fire started and were uninjured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but investigators said they do not suspect foul play.
A 50-year-old man has died following an apartment fire in Waukesha.
Four others were taken to hospital.
The fire broke out in an apartment complex on Lambeth Road near Oakdale Drive.
Police and firefighters were called to the apartment around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
“The fire was going up. It started to rise to the top, hitting the balcony on the second floor,” said neighbor Clinton Zimmerman.
Waukesha Fire Chief Steven Howard said two people had to jump from a second-story window to escape the blaze.
“That’s when I saw my neighbor come out in a t-shirt and no shoes on. I thought I would help him, give him a double coat and what I can for his shoes. “, Zimmerman said.
Howard said firefighters were able to find and rescue two others from inside the building.
The fire department said five patients, three men and two women, were taken to the hospital.
Two women suffered life-threatening burns while the other two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Four other residents were in the building when the fire started and were uninjured.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation but investigators said they do not suspect foul play.
No other details have been released.
