Overview
- A fast-moving fire tore through an eight-unit building at the Park Plaza Condos in Brown Deer, forcing an evacuation and leaving several units gutted.
- North Shore Fire/Rescue and the Milwaukee Fire Department deployed about 45 firefighters who arrived to a first-floor unit fully involved and knocked down the flames.
- Two residents suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and one firefighter was treated and released after a hospital visit.
- Fifteen people are displaced, and the American Red Cross is providing temporary shelter and emergency help.
- Investigators say the fire appears accidental and are checking reports that the building’s alarm did not sound in a complex built before residential sprinklers were required.