NHL Reporter Jessi Pierce & Her Three Children Killed in House Fire
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Summary
- Jessi Pierce, a well-known hockey reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild, was killed in a house fire early Saturday in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, along with her three children and her dog.
- The 37-year-old was a contributor to NHL.com for 10 years and a fixture at Wild games, a report from NHL.com said.
- The fire, which engulfed the home around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, is under investigation.
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Crews arriving on scene Saturday around 5:30 a.m. found Pierce's home fully engulfed in flames before extinguishing the blaze and finding the four victims and their dog. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In a statement, the NHL said: "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children. Jessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly."
Pierce, a contributor for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons, "was a fixture at Minnesota Wild games," who greeted each person "with a smile or a question or two about how they have been, whether the previous meeting was earlier in the day or the decade," NHL.com said on their website. She is survived by her husband, Mike.
Jessi Pierce, a sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild and NHL hockey, was killed in Saturday's fire along with her three children and dog, several reports say. She was 37 years old.
According to updates from local news sources, firefighters located one adult and three children who were killed in the fire.
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Incident reported at 2135 Richard Ave.
Crews arriving on scene Saturday around 5:30 a.m. found Pierce's home fully engulfed in flames before extinguishing the blaze and finding the four victims and their dog. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In a statement, the NHL said: "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children. Jessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly."
Pierce, a contributor for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons, "was a fixture at Minnesota Wild games," who greeted each person "with a smile or a question or two about how they have been, whether the previous meeting was earlier in the day or the decade," NHL.com said on their website. She is survived by her husband, Mike.
Jessi Pierce, a sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild and NHL hockey, was killed in Saturday's fire along with her three children and dog, several reports say. She was 37 years old.
According to updates from local news sources, firefighters located one adult and three children who were killed in the fire.
A Citizen user shows a house completely overwhelmed with flames, with fire shooting from all windows.
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Incident reported at 2135 Richard Ave.
Crews arriving on scene Saturday around 5:30 a.m. found Pierce's home fully engulfed in flames before extinguishing the blaze and finding the four victims and their dog. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In a statement, the NHL said: "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children. Jessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly."
Pierce, a contributor for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons, "was a fixture at Minnesota Wild games," who greeted each person "with a smile or a question or two about how they have been, whether the previous meeting was earlier in the day or the decade," NHL.com said on their website. She is survived by her husband, Mike.
Jessi Pierce, a sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild and NHL hockey, was killed in Saturday's fire along with her three children and dog, several reports say. She was 37 years old.
According to updates from local news sources, firefighters located one adult and three children who were killed in the fire.
A Citizen user shows a house completely overwhelmed with flames, with fire shooting from all windows.
This alert was created by a community member. Citizen is working to gather more information. If you’re nearby, broadcast live or comment to share updates.
Incident reported at 2135 Richard Ave.
Crews arriving on scene Saturday around 5:30 a.m. found Pierce's home fully engulfed in flames before extinguishing the blaze and finding the four victims and their dog. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In a statement, the NHL said: "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children. Jessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly."
Pierce, a contributor for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons, "was a fixture at Minnesota Wild games," who greeted each person "with a smile or a question or two about how they have been, whether the previous meeting was earlier in the day or the decade," NHL.com said on their website. She is survived by her husband, Mike.
Jessi Pierce, a sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild and NHL hockey, was killed in Saturday's fire along with her three children and dog, several reports say. She was 37 years old.
According to updates from local news sources, firefighters located one adult and three children who were killed in the fire.
A Citizen user shows a house completely overwhelmed with flames, with fire shooting from all windows.
This alert was created by a community member. Citizen is working to gather more information. If you’re nearby, broadcast live or comment to share updates.
Incident reported at 2135 Richard Ave.
Crews arriving on scene Saturday around 5:30 a.m. found Pierce's home fully engulfed in flames before extinguishing the blaze and finding the four victims and their dog. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In a statement, the NHL said: "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children. Jessi loved our game and was a valued member of the NHL.com team for a decade. We will miss her terribly."
Pierce, a contributor for NHL.com for the last 10 seasons, "was a fixture at Minnesota Wild games," who greeted each person "with a smile or a question or two about how they have been, whether the previous meeting was earlier in the day or the decade," NHL.com said on their website. She is survived by her husband, Mike.
Jessi Pierce, a sports reporter who covered the Minnesota Wild and NHL hockey, was killed in Saturday's fire along with her three children and dog, several reports say. She was 37 years old.
According to updates from local news sources, firefighters located one adult and three children who were killed in the fire.
A Citizen user shows a house completely overwhelmed with flames, with fire shooting from all windows.
This alert was created by a community member. Citizen is working to gather more information. If you’re nearby, broadcast live or comment to share updates.
Incident reported at 2135 Richard Ave.
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This is heartbreaking. It's so jarring to see the door RIGHT THERE and know that just inside that door/windows, are four people who were needing to be rescued. My only hope is that they didn't wake up or suffer, that maybe the smoke insulation rendered them unconscious before they had the chance to realize they were trapped or feel anything.... That poor family
Rest 🕊⚘💗🙏🏻🧸💙🕊🙏🏻🕊💙🧸🙏🏻💗⚘🕊 Peacefully
Oh, that is awful. Just a horrible, horrible way to die and everything gone. God have mercy.
Terrible tragedy but sorry this sounds too suspect. Husband not home and entire family dies in a small ground floor house?? I’ll wait for the investigation on this one.
This is so sad. The fire was on one side of the house at first and they couldn't make it to the other side. This is awful to watch knowing that four people were inside. Prayers for them and their family and the first responders who tried but couldn't save them. God's blessings on all of them.
@markmywordz1 this is 😢 😢 😢 dam
This is heartbreaking. It's so jarring to see the door RIGHT THERE and know that just inside that door/windows, are four people who were needing to be rescued. My only hope is that they didn't wake up or suffer, that maybe the smoke insulation rendered them unconscious before they had the chance to realize they were trapped or feel anything.... That poor family
Rest 🕊⚘💗🙏🏻🧸💙🕊🙏🏻🕊💙🧸🙏🏻💗⚘🕊 Peacefully
Oh, that is awful. Just a horrible, horrible way to die and everything gone. God have mercy.
Terrible tragedy but sorry this sounds too suspect. Husband not home and entire family dies in a small ground floor house?? I’ll wait for the investigation on this one.
This is so sad. The fire was on one side of the house at first and they couldn't make it to the other side. This is awful to watch knowing that four people were inside. Prayers for them and their family and the first responders who tried but couldn't save them. God's blessings on all of them.
@markmywordz1 this is 😢 😢 😢 dam
This is heartbreaking. It's so jarring to see the door RIGHT THERE and know that just inside that door/windows, are four people who were needing to be rescued. My only hope is that they didn't wake up or suffer, that maybe the smoke insulation rendered them unconscious before they had the chance to realize they were trapped or feel anything.... That poor family
Rest 🕊⚘💗🙏🏻🧸💙🕊🙏🏻🕊💙🧸🙏🏻💗⚘🕊 Peacefully
Oh, that is awful. Just a horrible, horrible way to die and everything gone. God have mercy.
Terrible tragedy but sorry this sounds too suspect. Husband not home and entire family dies in a small ground floor house?? I’ll wait for the investigation on this one.
This is so sad. The fire was on one side of the house at first and they couldn't make it to the other side. This is awful to watch knowing that four people were inside. Prayers for them and their family and the first responders who tried but couldn't save them. God's blessings on all of them.
@markmywordz1 this is 😢 😢 😢 dam
This is heartbreaking. It's so jarring to see the door RIGHT THERE and know that just inside that door/windows, are four people who were needing to be rescued. My only hope is that they didn't wake up or suffer, that maybe the smoke insulation rendered them unconscious before they had the chance to realize they were trapped or feel anything.... That poor family
Rest 🕊⚘💗🙏🏻🧸💙🕊🙏🏻🕊💙🧸🙏🏻💗⚘🕊 Peacefully
Oh, that is awful. Just a horrible, horrible way to die and everything gone. God have mercy.
Terrible tragedy but sorry this sounds too suspect. Husband not home and entire family dies in a small ground floor house?? I’ll wait for the investigation on this one.
This is so sad. The fire was on one side of the house at first and they couldn't make it to the other side. This is awful to watch knowing that four people were inside. Prayers for them and their family and the first responders who tried but couldn't save them. God's blessings on all of them.
@markmywordz1 this is 😢 😢 😢 dam
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This is heartbreaking. It's so jarring to see the door RIGHT THERE and know that just inside that door/windows, are four people who were needing to be rescued. My only hope is that they didn't wake up or suffer, that maybe the smoke insulation rendered them unconscious before they had the chance to realize they were trapped or feel anything.... That poor family
Rest 🕊⚘💗🙏🏻🧸💙🕊🙏🏻🕊💙🧸🙏🏻💗⚘🕊 Peacefully
Oh, that is awful. Just a horrible, horrible way to die and everything gone. God have mercy.
Terrible tragedy but sorry this sounds too suspect. Husband not home and entire family dies in a small ground floor house?? I’ll wait for the investigation on this one.
This is so sad. The fire was on one side of the house at first and they couldn't make it to the other side. This is awful to watch knowing that four people were inside. Prayers for them and their family and the first responders who tried but couldn't save them. God's blessings on all of them.
@markmywordz1 this is 😢 😢 😢 dam