Overview
- Firefighters responding around 6 a.m. Monday to a home near Wildemere and Seven Mile found multiple people trapped, and three victims were pronounced dead.
- Two people from the Wildemere fire were hospitalized, including an elderly woman in critical condition, and a teenage girl died en route to a hospital.
- Detroit fire officials said crews arrived in under five minutes at the Wildemere scene but were blocked by interior obstacles that slowed access to victims.
- On Sunday before 6 a.m., a separate house fire on Rutherford Street killed a 6-year-old girl, left a woman in critical or serious condition, and sent a 4-year-old to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
- Investigations by the Detroit Fire Investigation Division and police are ongoing, and officials urged caution with winter heating after noting a frozen hydrant at the Rutherford scene that was not a factor.