Probe of 6-Plex Fire Underway

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO YESTERDAY’S(WEDS) EARLY-MORNING APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE AT 11-15 VINE STREET ON BURLINGTON’S NEAR SOUTH SIDE.

 

POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE 6-UNIT BUILDING, ALTHO FOUR OF THE RESIDENTS HAD TO BE TREATED AT THE SCENE AND ALL FOUR WERE THEN TAKEN TO GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER.   TWO BURLINGTON FIREMEN WERE INJURED WHILE FIGHTING THE BLAZE AND ONE OF THEM WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE AND RETURNED TO WORK, WHILE THE OTHER WAS TAKEN TO GRMC.

 

ALL TOLD, 27 BURLINGTON AND WEST BURLINGTON FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE 3 AM CALL AND FIRE MARSHAL MARK CROOKS…CITY POLICE…AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE ARE CONDUCTING A JOINT INVESTIGATION, TO TRY AND FIND A CAUSE.   THE BUILDING IS OWNED BY DENNIS WILSON.