Deadly Downtown Fire
Madison, Wisconsin
Sunday, November 18, 2007

An early morning house fire in downtown Madison sent three people to the
hospital and resulted in the death of a young man.

Sources say the victim, Peter Talen, was in town visiting his brother when
he died in the fire. Talen was a student at UW-La Crosse and had been in
plays at UWL.

The fire department says the smoke detectors in the house had been disabled
and were not working at the time of the fire.

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1 Dead, 3 Injured In House Fire On UW Campus
Fire Department: Foul Play Not Suspected
Sunday, November 18, 2007 20:01 CST

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Fire Department has confirmed that one person
died in a house fire on the UW campus early Sunday morning.

The victim was a UW LaCrosse student who was taking the semester off. His
brother was one of the three victims who escaped the fire.

The Madison Fire Department received a report of the fire at 05:35