WAUZEKA, Wis. (AP) — A small, tight-knit community in southwestern Wisconsin is mourning the deaths of two sisters in a house fire. Fifteen year-old Trinity Bartels and her 12-year-old sister, Lena, were killed in the fire at their Wauzeka home. Crawford County Sheriff Dale McCullick says the girls were the only ones inside when the fire was discovered late Monday. Lynn Schreck, the pastor at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, says village residents “can’t put our minds around that this has happened.” Wauzeka-Steuben School District administrator Rob Sailer says five area school districts sent counselors to help the girls’ classmates, as well teachers and staff. Schreck says as many as 400 people are expected to attend the girls’ funeral Saturday. The sheriff says he doesn’t believe anything suspicious caused the fire.
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