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1 Dead, 3 Injured In House Fire On UW Campus

MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Fire Department has confirmed that one person died in a house fire on the UW campus early Sunday morning.

The Dane County Coroner has identified the young man who died as Peter Talen, 23 of Plymouth. City officials told WISC-TV that Talen was a UW LaCrosse student who was taking the semester off. His brother was one of the three victims who escaped the fire.