MADISON, Wis. — Authorities are investigating what caused a house fire this weekend that killed a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student and hurt three others, but said that smoke alarms weren’t working.
The Madison Fire Department said that three smoke alarms in the house were disabled.
The blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m. in the 100 block of North Bedford Street. Madison and UW firefighters arrived at the scene within minutes and it took them about 20 minutes to contain the fire. Firefighters evacuated nearby houses fearing that the fire would spread, WISC-TV reported.