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Fire Breaks Out Above Oshkosh Business

26 November 2018 News


(Oshkosh Fire Department photos)

Update:

Officials with the Oshkosh Fire Department say unattended cooking started a fire Saturday morning. that rendered apartments above an Oshkosh business uninhabitable. The fire at 145 High Avenue that sent two people to a Milwaukee Hospital was accidental. One suffered 2nd degree burns and the other smoke inhalation. There are six apartments above the business. The blaze was reported around 1 am.

Two people were injured in a fire that broke out in apartments above a business at 145 High Avenue in Oshkosh early Saturday morning. Oshkosh Police say the second floor was smoke filled and flames were visible when officers arrived. One person suffered 2nd degree burns and another smoke inhalation. Both were taken to a local hospital. Fire Department officials say firefighters didn’t spend much time in the building because the ceiling began to collapse. The cause of the fire is being investigated, but investigators do not consider it suspicious. The business is High Image Salon and there are six apartments located above it.


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