New details on tragic fire in Juneau County apartment building that killed 6 people

• The latest on the apartment building fire in Juneau Co that killed six people on Sunday morning
• Neighbor speaks out
• Tax records confirm owner and neighbors say the rental property was listed on Airbnb

We learn more about the house at Morrow Mile Road W5040 where six people were killed in a house fire early Sunday morning in Juneau County.

Ken Zielinski, who lives next door to the vacation home that caught fire in Necedah early Sunday morning, spoke to WMTV.

KEN: “In fact, the flames were above the pines, about twenty feet high. The sky was just orange.”

He took photos of the flames in the early morning hours.

Ken Zielinski

Zielinski says he heard the children playing outside the day before, enjoying their family reunion.

KEN “We’ve been hearing kids playing in the pool next door all day and it’s… a shame… a shame.”

NBC 26 met with Ken on Tuesday, who was too emotional to speak on camera about the tragedy at the time.

Officials at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Green Bay say Steve Witte, a former pastor at the church, died in the fire, along with his two daughters, Lydia Witte and Charis Kuehl, and his granddaughters, Stella Kuehl, Lena Henslelin and Merci Henselin.

We contacted the current property owner by searching the property tax documents.

Although he has not confirmed this to us, Wisconsin property tax records show him as the current owner.

Several other neighbors who did not want to appear on camera told us that the cabin had only been listed on Airbnb a few weeks ago.

According to the Juneau County Sheriff’s Department, the fire appears to be an accident, but the investigation is ongoing.

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