Allen Cass

Al Cass with the Town of Beloit Fire Department said.

The fire started in the lower level of the home near a loveseat, Cass said.

Fire fighters did not find working smoke detectors in the home, Cass said.

Carol Brom was taken to Beloit Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead, Chief Dennis Ahrens said.

Fire fighters found Paul Brom dead in the home.

The couple were in rooms on the top floor of their tri-level home, Cass said.

The house was a total loss, Cass said.Damage was estimated at $150,000 for the building and $50,000 for the contents, he said.
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A man was home with his dog, but both got out of the house safely, Cass said.

The fire caused $150,000 in damage to the two-story, single family home, Cass said.Damage to contents was estimated at $30,000, he said.

The house was less than 10 years old, he said.

At about 1:46 p.m. on Thursday, Town of Beloit Officer Allen Cass heard a call on the scanner from City of Beloit police reporting a car chase accompanied by gunshots.

As Cass drove across the bridge at Newark Road, he saw a vehicle speeding after another car.

The car being chased flashed its lights at Cass and turned into the parking lot of the Town of Beloit Fire Department at the corner of Afton Road and Newark Road.

Cass pulled into the parking lot behind the fleeing vehicle and the occupants pointed out the car from which the shots allegedly had been fired.

Cass chased the vehicle as it continued at a high rate of speed east on Newark Road toward Highway 51.
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The 16-year-old Janesville boy was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, Cass said, adding that he did not charge the two female juveniles in Bermudez's car with any crime.

The high speed chase ended when the Bermudez vehicle, with Town of Beloit Officer Allen Cass in pursuit, collided with a third car on Highway 51 at Newark Road, injuring the driver of the other car.

Allen Cass of the Beloit Township Fire Department.

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The two jumped out a window of the single-story mobile home to escape the fire, Cass said.

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The boy was uninjured, Cass said.

The trailer and its contents were destroyed.Damage to the trailer at 261 Sandy Lane, Rock Township, is estimated at $70,000, Cass said.

Dick Risenbery, fire department photographer, was injured when the floor of the mobile home gave way, Cass said.