MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man who ran again into his burning condo to rescue his cat was discovered lifeless.
This occurred in a five-story condo advanced close to Cambridge and North Avenue on Wednesday.
Fire investigators say a girl was smoking a cigarette in mattress Wednesday evening, whereas related to her oxygen tank. Something firefighters say you must by no means, do as oxygen tanks are extremely flammable. Investigators say an explosion took place as she was smoking and the mattress she and her husband have been in caught on fireplace.
Records from the medical expert present the person who was killed is 62-year-old Jeffrey Rafone. His spouse advised rescues they each have been capable of escape the bed room, however Rafone went again to search out their cat. Firefighters say Rafone was discovered mendacity susceptible on the ground of their condo kitchen with severe burns. He was simply ten toes from the condo entrance. Rescuers tried to revive him however he succumbed to his accidents. It just isn’t recognized if the cat survived.
To cease the unfold, firefighters threw the mattress that was in flames out of the fourth-story condo window.
More than 120 residents within the 50-unit condo advanced have been evacuated in the course of the fireplace investigation Wednesday evening.