Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked fatal fire

Jesse Garza
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a fatal basement fire on Milwaukee's northwest side, according to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report released Friday.

Gerald F. Carter, 71, was found unresponsive in a room in the basement of the commercial building in the 8400 block of W. Lisbon Ave. where the fire broke out about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the report said.

Paramedics attempted to revive Carter but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the report said.

The fire remained under investigation Friday.