Updated: April 29, 2026

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman killed in a house fire Saturday as 79-year-old Helen Dobson. 

Posted: April 26, 2026

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Fire Department says one person is dead following a late-night house fire in Milwaukee on Saturday, April 25.

Officials say the call came in around 10 p.m. for a smoke assignment and person inside a residence near 8th and Capitol Drive. 

Crews searched the two-and-a-half-story building and found the victim dead.

There were no other injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.