Heartbreaking Clue Emerges: Candles, Extension Cords & Everyday Items Under Scrutiny in Fire That Killed NHL Reporter Jessi Pierce and Her 3 Young Children
Investigators are taking a look at candles, extension cords, household appliances and a host of other items as they continue to investigate the White Bear Lake house fire that killed Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three young children last weekend.
Additional details included in a search warrant affidavit reveal the intensity of the fire in the early hours of Saturday, March 21, which the White Bear Lake Fire Department believes was not intentionally set.
As officers from White Bear Lake PD responded to the scene on the 2100 block of Richard Avenue, they could see “flames shooting up dozens of feet in the air” from adjacent streets. Once officers reached the home, “they discovered a fully engulfed house,” with flames “erupting from the center of the dwelling.”
“Intense flames, smoke and heat” prevented officers from entering the home to search for survivors.
When firefighters arrived, they also were met “with intense flames, as they tried to breach the front door to begin firefighting and rescue attempts, which prevented their initial entry into the dwelling.”
When firefighters arrived, they also were met “with intense flames, as they tried to breach the front door to begin firefighting and rescue attempts, which prevented their initial entry into the dwelling.”
As part of an early attempt to determine occupancy, officers called homeowner Mike Hinrichs, who said his wife, Pierce, and three children – Hudson, 8, Cayden, 6, and Avery, 4 – should be inside, while he was out of state and about to board a flight home.
Once the fire was contained, first responders found Pierce, 37, and the kids “in the main living area at the front of the address near the entryway,” per the search warrant.
Their official causes of death still hasn’t been released.
A public visitation for Pierce, 37, and her children is scheduled for Sunday, March 29 at Mueller Memorial in White Bear Lake.
Their deaths have sparked an outpouring of tributes from the NHL and Twin Cities media communities. Pierce was a well-known hockey reporter for NHL.com, as well as a co-host of the Bardown Beauties podcast and a personality for Twin Cities sports talk station Skor North.
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