MADISON, Wis. — Discarded smoking materials are being blamed for starting a deadly house fire near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus last week, Madison fire investigators said on Tuesday.
Peter Talen, 23, of Plymouth, was killed in the fire in the 100 block of North Bedford Street during the early-morning hours of Nov. 18. Three others, including Talen’s brother, were hurt.
Investigators said that they believe there was smoking on or near a couch on the front porch of the residence earlier that morning.