Kenosha apartment fire on Thanksgiving night leaves 3 siblings dead and their father, Josh Kannin hospitalized as Wisconsin investigators seek to discover cause of blaze.
A Thanksgiving blaze at a Kenosha, Wisconsin apartment led to the three children dying and their father hospitalized, officials stating.
Fire crews were called to a multifamily apartment building near 52nd Street and 43rd Avenue around 10:40 p.m. on Thursday evening, Nov. 27 where firefighters were met with smoke and rising flames according to the Kenosha Fire Department.
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Two brothers — 10-year-old Rylee Kannin and 9-year-old Connor Kannin — were pronounced dead at the scene. Their 7-year-old sister, Alena Kannin, was airlifted by Flight For Life to a nearby hospital but died late Friday morning.
Their father, Joshua ‘Josh’ Kannin, is being treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation, TMJ4 reported.
Fire crews were able to stop the blaze from spreading beyond the family’s apartment, bringing the fire under control within roughly 35 minutes. The affected unit is now uninhabitable, officials said, though no other apartments suffered major damage and no additional injuries were reported according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Residents who live at the apartment complex all knew each other, with the children’s loss hitting them hard.
‘All the kids here from this complex all play together. They all know each other. We all fight like we’re a giant family in everything,’ said apartment resident, MiguelAngel Cordova.
‘To see something like that happen and everything and knowing that, you know, kids were in there, it breaks everyone’s heart,’ Cordova added.
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‘All the kids here from this complex all play together. They all know each other. We all fight like we’re a giant family in everything,’ Cordova said.
Investigators have not yet determined whether the apartment’s smoke alarms were working at the time. Leipzig said that remains a key question, noting that a photojournalist on scene heard an alarm somewhere in the building, though the specific unit couldn’t be identified.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and officials warn it may take weeks before they can determine what sparked the deadly blaze. Kenosha police are assisting in the effort.
A GoFundMe has been set up to assist the family.
