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WEBVTT DEADLY FIRE. AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE SIFTING FOR CLUES AS TO HOW THIS DEADLY FIRE STARTED, WE AR GETTING OUR FIRST INSIGHT INTO THE THREE LIVES LOST. SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAMES PUBLICLY, BUT RELATIVES TELL 12 NEWS KEVIN DUFFY DIED IN THAT FIRE ALONG WITH TWO OF HIS CHILDREN, 14-YEAR-OLD KEVIN JUNIOR AND HIS DAUGHTER 12-YEAR-OLD KYLIE. THE YOUNGEST OF THE 3, 9-YEAR-OLD KONNOR, WAS THE ONLY CHILD WHO SURVIVED. >> THAT HONESTLY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE HARDER THAN ANYTHING ELSE, JUST WATCHING THEM LOSE SUCH A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THEIR LIFE. REPORTER: KEVIN’S COUSIN JILLIAN NEWELL SPOKE TO ME BY PHONE WEDENSDAY ON HER WAY TO WAUKESHA FROM NORTH CAROLINA. SHE TOLD ME KEVIN WAS A LOVING FATHER WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HIS CHILDREN INCLUDING GIVING HIS OWN LIFE BY RUNNING INSIDE A BURNING HOME TO SAVE THEM. >> HE GOT KONNER OUT AND TRIED TO GO BACK IN TO GET KYLIE AND KEVIN. UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THAT IS THE SENTIMENT OF HOW GREAT OF A FATHER HE WAS TO RUN BACK INTO A BURNING BUILDING TO GO AND GET YOUR TWO KIDS, YOU KNOW. REPORTER: IN A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP WITH FUNERALS NEWELL , DESCRIBES WHAT THE FAMILY IS FEELING AS EMOTIONAL TURMOIL THAT HAS COME FROM ONE TERRIBLY AWFUL AND TRAGIC MORNING PATRICK: WE KNOW KEVIN DUFFY SAVED ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. DO WE KNOW HOW THE OTHER PERSON WHO SURVIVED THE FIRE IS DOING? REPORTER: THAT IS INFORMATION WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET. WE DO KNOW THAT IS AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM HER IDENTITY. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT RELEASED HER NAME OR ANY OF THE OTHER NAMES OF ANYONE INVOLVED.

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A Waukesha father died along with two of his children he was trying to save from a burning home, a relative confirmed to WISN 12 News. The victims were identified as Kevin Duffy, his 14-year-old son, Kevin Jr, and 12-year-old daughter Kylie. "He was a very loving father who cared immensely about his family," Jillian Newell said of her cousin while en route to Wisconsin from North Carolina. A Waukesha County Sheriff's Department Spokesperson said Wednesday that detectives were still trying to determine what sparked the fire at the home on Arcadian Avenue near State Highway 164 shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday.An 80-year-old woman got out of the house and was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Konnor Duffy, 9, was also taken from the residence and was transported to Children’s Hospital. A deputy was treated for first-degree burns." got Konnor out and tried to go back in to get Kylie and Kevin; unfortunately was not successful," Newell said by phone. "That's a sentiment of how great of a father he was, to run back into a burning building to go and get your two kids, you know."Newell launched a GoFundMe account to help with expenses. The fund had collected more than $4,200 of a $30,000 goal as of Wednesday afternoon. "We cannot begin to express the emotional turmoil that has come from one terribly awful and tragic morning," she wrote on the fundraising site, adding that the children's mother is battling health problems while now left with one of her children and three funerals to plan."That honestly is probably going to be harder than anything else; is just watching them lose such a prominent figure in their life," she said. >> GoFundMe: Duffy Family FireThe Waukesha County Sheriff's Department received assistance from the Wisconsin Fire Marshal's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Investigators said they'd look for any evidence of a crime but also for such things as faulty wiring, smoking materials and space heaters. Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.Give us a follow: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube