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Nine people escape overnight attic fire in Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street neighborhood
A fire broke out in the attic of a home near South 9th and Orchard streets shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday. Milwaukee firefighters evacuated nine people, and no injuries were reported.
MILWAUKEE — Nine people were evacuated from a home on the city’s south side after an overnight fire in Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street neighborhood, the Milwaukee Fire Department said.
Firefighters were called shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday to the area of South 9th and Orchard streets, where they found flames in the attic of the house. Crews extinguished the fire, according to the department.
No one was injured. Investigators are working to determine what caused the blaze.
The fire damaged the upper portion of the home and prompted the evacuation of everyone inside, though officials did not immediately release information about the residents’ next steps or the extent of the property damage.