Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski offered an apology on Tuesday, Jan. 11 to the family of the deceased woman that was found inside a vehicle that crashed and burned near 76th and Green Tree on Sunday morning.
Jenna Reichartz, 21, was found hours later by a worker at the tow lot. Surveillance video shows a car engulfed in flames Sunday morning. MFD crews arrived around 5:45, and officials say they had the fire under control in around a half-hour. Once the fire was out, Chief Lipski says the crews missed a critical step.
"I want it to ring very clear that a search of a recently extinguished vehicle is our responsibility, and we failed to uphold that standard in this situation," he said.