Overview
- Crews from the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived and immediately began hooking up hose lines before breaking down doors to gain access to the interior.
- Reporters on scene observed heavy smoke venting from a roof hatch as firefighters worked from several entry points to reach the seat of the fire.
- The building at North 26th Street and West Auer Avenue appears to be boarded up and abandoned, which complicated access and required forcible entry.
- Local outlets provided live aerial and on-scene coverage of the active response, and the incident is being treated as a developing story.
- No official information on the fire’s cause, injuries or the extent of structural damage has been released and further updates are expected as investigators and fire officials assess the scene.