MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A Milwaukee apartment fire survivor is recovering from smoke inhalation while grappling with the loss of her brother-in-law and uncertainty about her sister's condition.

Karre Kutsugeras remains hospitalized at Saint Luke's, where the sound of sirens triggers painful memories from Saturday's fire near 1st and Layton.

"At night, I'm having nightmares. I'm hearing him scream, you know, and being in Saint Luke's, I can hear the sirens, and that wakes me up at night," Kutsugeras said.

The fire claimed the life of Paul Blake, Kutsugeras' brother-in-law, who family members remember as an Army veteran with a good sense of humor. Her sister Kayleen is being treated for burns in the ICU.

"I don't know how to process this yet. Cause I don't even know if my sister is gonna survi

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