HATLEY − Two women were hospitalized June 3 from injuries they received in an early morning house fire in Marathon County.
At 12:04 a.m. June 3, a caller reported a house fire with someone possibly trapped inside in the 200 block of Kirkwood St. in the Marathon County village of Hatley, about 20 miles southeast of Wausau.
Deputies from the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office and the Hatley Fire Department and EMS arrived to find smoke coming from the single-family home, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office. A 67-year-old woman told responders a 57-year-old woman was still inside the home.
Deputies and firefighters successfully located the 57-year-old woman and removed her from the house. She was treated at the scene before being taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The 67-year-old woman also was treated at the scene for severe burns before being taken to UW Health University Hospital for further medical care, according to Sheriff’s Office.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The Ringle Fire Department, Birnamwood Fire and EMS, South Area Fire and Emergency Response District, Riverside EMS and Mountain Bay Police Department assisted at the scene.
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This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: 2 women hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after Marathon County house fire
Reporting by Karen Madden, Wausau Daily Herald / Wausau Daily Herald
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