Overview
- South Shore firefighters rescued a 64-year-old woman from the suspected origin unit in a 16-unit building on 86th Street, and she is now in critical condition in a hospital burn unit.
- Body-camera video released by the Racine County Sheriff's Office shows deputies evacuating tenants as heavy smoke kept them from breaching the unit's door.
- About two dozen residents were displaced, and firefighters stayed on site to help them retrieve belongings as the American Red Cross offered aid.
- Displaced tenants described fear and loss, including a resident who had moved in after a February Racine fire that killed a neighbor.
- The Racine County Fire Task Force and sheriff's investigators are still working to determine the cause, and officials have not announced any findings.