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LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) â Two people are dead and four others are injured after a Saturday morning house fire in rural southwestern Wisconsin. According to a news release from the Grant County Sheriffâs Office, the fire happened around 3:30 a.m. in the Village of Blue River. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
Officials say a 33-year-old man and 12-year-old boy died in the fire. WISC-TV reports that a 14-year-old girl was flown to Milwaukee to be treated for injuries, and a 15-year-old boy was flown to UW Health in Madison.
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Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in separate house fires early Saturday in Grant and Jefferson counties, officials said.
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The 12-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man died from injuries caused by a fire at 105 Jay St. in the village of Blue River reported at about 3:40 a.m., the Grant County Sheriffâs Office said.
The Fort Atkinson Fire Department said âtwo young family members were reported trappedâ and died in a house fire in the 400 block of Milo Street reported about 3:25 a.m. Crews arrived to find the two-story home heavily involved in fire.
Two people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, and four others were injured in an early morning house fire in rural southwestern Wisconsin on Saturday.