MILWAUKEE — One person was found dead Wednesday afternoon following a residential fire at 2360 S. Burrell Street in Milwaukee.
According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, the fire started in an appliance and spread into a full structure fire.
When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from the building. It took emergency personnel about an hour and a half to get the fire under control.
Watch: One dead following residential fire on Milwaukee's South Burrell Street
During a search of the building firefighters found one person dead. On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 60-year-old Joyce Doxtater. The official cause of death has not yet been determined.
No other injuries were reported.
The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating the cause of the fire.
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