Six people die in apartment complex fire in Hartland - WISN Milwaukee

COMPLEX. LET’S LISTEN IN. VILLAGE MANAGER RYAN BAILEY AND VILLAGE PRESIDENT JEFFREY FRANCISCO, ONTARIO. I REITERATE AT APPROXIMATELY 511 THIS MORNING, WE RECEIVED REPORTS OF A FIRE WITHIN A FOUR FAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING. THIS FOUR FAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING IS LOCATED ON MANSFIELD COURT IN THE VILLAGE OF HARTLAND, THE HEARTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HARTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY. FIRST AND THEN POLICE AND FIRE CREWS WERE MET WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF FIRE AND BEGAN RESCUING INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BUILDING AND THE BALCONIES OF THE BUILDING. IN TOTAL, 15 FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND NINE POLICE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE UNDER A MUTUAL AID. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR INVESTIGATION, WE DETERMINED THERE ARE SIX FATALITIES INVOLVED IN THIS STRUCTURE. FIRE. AND THIS DOES REMAIN AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BY THE HARTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE HARTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STILL BEING ASSISTED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE THROUGH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. THE WAUKESHA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. HARTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON SCENE, MAKING SURE THE BUILDINGS ARE SECURE. WHILE WE CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION AGAIN, I’D LIKE TO REITERATE IT. THIS IS A TRAGIC INCIDENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE ASK THE COMMUNITY TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF THE FAMILIES AND REFRAIN FROM VISITING OR COMING TO THIS IMMEDIATE AREA. AND WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I’M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE LATER TONIGHT OR SOMETIME EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND THAT’S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOR YOU AT THIS TIME TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT. ABSOLUTELY INITIAL REPORTS FROM FIRST RESPONDER ERS WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS. SO THEY BELIEVE THERE WERE SEVEN FATALITIES. AS WE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE, WE ACTUALLY LEARNED IS ONLY SIX FATALITIES. SO WE ARE CONFIRMING SIX FATALITIES AT THIS TIME. THERE’S. YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION IN THE RIGHT. WE HAD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE SCENE. OUR INITIAL RESPONSE WAS FOR LIFE SAFETY. ONCE WE DETERMINED THAT WE PROVIDED THAT LIFE SAFETY ASSISTANCE, THEN THINGS SLOWED DOWN INTO MORE OF A RECOVERY EFFORT AT THAT POINT. AND THEN WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THE SCENE WAS SAFE FOR US TO PUT OUR PERSONNEL INTO IT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE LOOKING INTO ALL THOSE THINGS. ANYTHING MORE ABOUT. RIGHT NOW? ALL WE HAVE IS THAT THERE ARE SIX FATALITIES, CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE WORKING ON POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY NOTIFYING THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT EITHER ON THEIR OWN OR WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. UPON THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. LIKE I SAID, IT CONTINUES TO BE AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND WE STILL ARE WORKING ON POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FOR ALL THE DECEASED INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT OR ANY OF THE VICTIMS CHILDREN. WE’RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT. IT’S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE TRYING TO GET POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. AS ANY TYPE OF FIRE WHEN THERE’S FATALITIES INVOLVED. WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL OVER WITH DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THAT AND WHAT HAPPENED. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY INVESTIGATE THAT. HAS A SUSPECT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ARE THEY AMONG THE DECEASED? AGAIN, WE DON’T BELIEVE THERE’S ANY DANGER IN THIS AREA. THIS REMAINS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE STILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL THOSE INVOLVED, ALL IN ONE UNIT. AGAIN, IT’S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, UNFORTUNATELY. THAT’S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS. AS SOON AS WE’RE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATIONS AND NOTIFY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THA