2 Racine Apartment Fires Displace Residents; Infant, Adult Treated

2 Racine apartment fires displace residents; infant, adult treated

Racine firefighters battled two apartment fires Wednesday afternoon, displacing residents at both locations and sending an infant and an adult to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation.

Fire in Racine: Baby, adult suffer minor smoke inhalation in one of two incidents in Racine on Dec. 17

RACINE, WI – A baby and an adult were treated for minor smoke inhalation after a fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the upper unit of a duplex on Howe Street, one of two residential fires the Racine Fire Department (RFD) responded to on Dec. 17. According to a press release from RFD, the first incident occurred just after 12:30 p.m. in a first-floor apartment of a 20-unit apartment building in the 5100 block of Biscayne Avenue. First responde…