Madison goes two consecutive years without a fire fatality

The city of Madison has gone two years in a row without a fire fatality, something that hasnâ??t happened since the early 1980s, Madison fire officials said Tuesday. The push in Madison for smoke alarms was driven by the family a 23-year-old former UW-La Crosse student who died in a North Bedford Street fire in 2007. The student was visiting his brother, a UW-Madison student.