A woman has died after a fire broke out at her St. Paul residence over the weekend.

St. Paul firefighters pulled Bonnie Pierce and her daughter from the fire on Saturday. Pierce, who was found shielding her daughter in the burning home, ultimately succumbed to her injuries and died on Monday, according to a fundraising account set up for the family.

When the fire broke out, Pierce, 38, was home with two of her four daughters. One daughter escaped by kicking out an air conditioning unit and climbing through the window, according to the fundraiser.Pierce, who initially made it outside the home, went back inside to rescue the second daughter. “When firefighters entered the home, they found Bonnie shielding (her daughter) with her own body,” according to the GoFundMe (gofund.me/aaa3de330).

Pierce was found unresponsive and immediately given CPR. She had been without oxygen for about 15 minutes and sustained burns over nearly half of her body, according to the account.

The toddler, who survived the fire and remains hospitalized, is expected to make a full recovery, according to the fundraiser.

As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly $5,000 had been raised of the $8,000 goal. The donations will be used for funeral expenses, immediate living expenses and the ongoing medical and recovery needs of Pierce’s daughter.

This is still an ongoing fire and police investigation, according to a spokesperson for the St. Paul Fire Department. The spokesperson said he could not comment on the details in the GoFundMe account.

Three fires in 90 minutes

The house fire, which occurred on the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue East, was one of three blazes that the St. Paul Fire Department responded to on Saturday afternoon.

The first fire was reported at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at an apartment building on the 1800 block of Magnolia Avenue East in the Greater Eastside neighborhood. The building was evacuated and crews quickly extinguished the fire so it was contained to one unit. Nobody was injured. That fire might have spawned from unattended cooking, according to the department.

An hour later, the blaze at Pierce’s was reported on the same street. When crews arrived, the fire was on the first floor of a two-story duplex. The mother and child were rescued and taken to the hospital for evaluation. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.

Thirty minutes later, a third fire was reported at a single-family home on the 100 block of Elizabeth Street East in the West Side neighborhood. When firefighters arrived, flames were visible from all four sides of the home.

The occupants of the house were not home at the time, but “All four of their canine companions were in the home and were lost in the fire, leaving them not only without a place to live, but grieving the sudden loss of beloved members of their family,” according to a fundraising account (gofund.me/25a48082c) set up for the owners of the dogs.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the fundraiser was just shy of its $30,000 goal.