KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A woman is dead and her daughter hospitalized after a fire in a duplex on Sunnyside Drive on Kalamazoo’s east side Thursday morning.
Kalamazoo Township firefighters arriving on the scene just after 10 a.m. found smoke and flames coming from the front door and windows. The first crew on the scene initiated a rescue effort, pulling both women from the building.
Neighbors say the daughter was screaming for them to rescue her 82-year-old mother. Firefighters went back in and pulled the unresponsive women from the burning one story brick structure but it may have already been too late.
Resuscitation efforts were begun but were not successful.
No names have been released pending notification of family.
They think the fire was accidental and began in the kitchen/living room area, but are still trying to determine a specific cause.
