Minnesota fire safety officials are holding a news conference Thursday to announce the preliminary findings of an investigation into a March fire that killed longtime Minnesota hockey reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children in White Bear Lake.
That news conference — including State Fire Marshal Dan Krier, Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Amanda Swenson and White Bear Lake Fire Chief Greg Peterson — is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Pierce — who also went by Jessi Hinrichs — and her children Hudson, Cayden and Avery, ages 8, 6 and 4, died in the March 21 fire. Pierce’s husband was out of town on business at the time of the fire.
Fire officials in White Bear Lake previously said they did not suspect arson in the fire.
The fire left Minnesota’s hockey community in mourning. Pierce had covered the Minnesota Wild for NHL.com for the past decade and co-hosted a hockey podcast.
Collected from Minnesota Public Radio News. View original source here.
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