Possibly 2nd fire death in La Crosse since 2012, and last 8 days

And, second time
no smoke alarms

La Crosse could have its second fire death since 2012 and its second fire death in the last eight days.

A body has been discovered in the kitchen of a south La Crosse house that was on fire Monday afternoon.

Firefighters got the call to the 3000 block of Scarlett Drive and found a person lying dead on the kitchen floor.

Crews put out the small fire and shut off electricity and gas to the house. There were no smoke alarms sounding.

A cat was taken out of the house.

Investigators don’t know what caused the person’s death or how the fire started.

The last fire death happened on Jan. 18 when a 65-year-old woman died at the hospital after being rescued by firemen from a burning house on Hass Street.

That house, too, did not have working smoke alarms.