A house fire in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, early on Saturday killed 37-year-old Jessi Pierce, a correspondent who covered the NHL's Minnesota Wild, along with her three children, officials said.
The White Bear Lake Fire Department stated on Monday that preliminary findings showed no evidence the fire was set intentionally, though the cause remains under investigation with involvement from the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office.[1]
Pierce's children—Hudson, 8; Cayden, 6; and Avery, 4—were found deceased inside the single-family home, where bystanders reported seeing flames coming through the roof. Her husband, Mike Hinrichs, was out of town on a work trip at the time.[1]
Pierce had covered the Minnesota Wild for NHL.com over 10 seasons. Her work also appeared in The Athletic, B1G Ice Hockey blog, Minnesota Hockey Journal and Massachusetts Hockey.[1]
Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin described Pierce as a "ray of sunshine" and said the organization was devastated. "Words just can’t express how devastated we all are," Guerin said. "But... we’re all in this together."[1]
Sources
- Fox News, "A deadly house fire in Minnesota that claimed the lives of an NHL reporter and her three children over the weekend does not appear to have been intentional, officials said Monday", accessed October 14, 2024, https://www.foxnews.com/
