‘We had to let her go’: Racine woman dies four days after house fire
By Stephen Cohn, Hannah Hilyard
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RACINE, Wis. (WISN) — The family of a Racine woman pulled from a fire early Tuesday morning has died.
Family tells 12 News that 21-year-old Sandra Aranda died from her injuries on Saturday after four days in a coma.
“We had to let her go today, get a little rest,” her father, Marco Morales, told 12 News.
Morales and others closest to Sandra gathered Saturday night at the home on Buchanan near Hamilton. It’s the one that caught fire early Tuesday morning with Sandra and her family inside. Firefighters performed multiple rescues and pulled Sandra from the home. The blaze charred just about every surface and ultimately led to the young woman’s death.
“I was at work with my job, and then I got a call from my cousin,” Morales said. “I stormed out of there, didn’t even say nothing and just raced over to the hospital. She was on Flight for Life already, which broke me.”
Sandra’s younger sister described her as funny and selfless.
“Like she did everything for us. She was basically our second mom,” Giselle Aranda said through tears.
The family believes the fire started from an electrical issue. Officials said 10 people in total were displaced, and the building is uninhabitable. The Aranda family has started an online fundraiser to help replace all the items they lost.
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