Sheriff’s Official: 4 Children Die in Wisconsin House Fire

Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire that killed four people in Little Falls, Wis., on May 5, 2022. Sparta Area Fire District via AP

TOWN OF LITTLE FALLS, Wis.—Four children died with their pets in a house fire in a small town in east central Wisconsin, authorities said.

Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold said crews responded shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday to a report of a house fire with people trapped upstairs in the Town of Little Falls.