Authorities say three people were killed in a house fire Monday morning in the northern Wisconsin town of Ashland.
The Ashland Police Department said firefighters and police responded shortly after 9:30 a.m., when they discovered that three people had escaped the burning house. Three bodies were later found inside. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
His great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as City of Milwaukee firefighters, but Lipski said he never felt pressured to follow in their footsteps.
“They said to do something that doesn’t beat your body up so much,” said Lipski about his father and grandfather.
So he did, working for a few years as an emergency medical technician for Paratech Ambulance. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Independent
Two of the heroic firefighters who responded to the devastating fire at the Chemtool Plant in Rockton, Illinois nearly three weeks ago said the events of June 14th will be etched into their family history.
20-year-old Wyatt Bomkamp is a new recruit to the Janesville Fire Department. His engine responded to the fire at Chemtool, a grease manufacturing plant, as the initial explosions were taking place that Monday morning. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford
When Robert Barteck was 7 years old, his father became a volunteer firefighter in Owen. Now Barteck is the new Wausau Fire Department chief, taking over after the retirement of Chief Tracey Kujawa in April. He will be overseeing the $8.1 million budget and 62 employees. The department's three stations together respond to about 6,800 calls a year. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald - Metered Site
A family of six has their dog to thank for ensuring they got to safety during an overnight fire. The family pet reportedly kept barking early Sunday morning until everyone was warned their Madison home was on fire and they all could escape to safety.
The Independence Day blaze, which happened in the 4700 block of Star Spangled Trail, is being blamed on fireworks that were not properly discarded. - PUB DATE: 7/5/2021 7:35:05 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Three people are displaced after an RV fire on Madison’s south side Saturday morning.
The fire was reported at around 5:14 a.m. when a neighbor saw smoke coming from a parked RV on the 1100 block of Moorland Rd.
According to a report, firefighters were able to control the fire within 15 minutes, but the vehicle was completely engulfed. - PUB DATE: 7/3/2021 1:44:45 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Afire that apparently began inside a recycling bin burned up siding, causing damage to part of the roof of a home in the White Caps subdivision Thursday night.
The fire was reported at 7:37 p.m. and firefighters arriving at the home at 9515 68th Street saw fire coming from the north side of the building, according to Battalion Chief Jeff Johnson of the Kenosha Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 1:08:29 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
After more than six months without it, two northern Wisconsin towns are hoping to once again offer ambulance service to residents.
The towns of Gordon, Shanagolden and Marengo lost ambulance service in January after their former provider notified six towns last summer that it would not renew their contracts to provide emergency services. - PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
Firefighters were on the scene for 15 hours as fire destroyed a hay shed and all of its contents in Chilton.
The Chilton Fire Department says Calumet County deputies arrived first to the call at 11:30 Wednesday night and found the shed at Highway 151 and Townhall Road fully involved.
It eventually became a four-alarm fire, mostly for tenders. - PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 8:35:30 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Highway 151 has reopened to traffic near the scene of a large barn fire in Calumet County.
The road was closed between Salm Road and Minahan Road west of Chilton for about seven hours Thursday morning. It reopened to traffic at about 8:30 a.m.
The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office says firefighters are still working at the scene and urge drivers to use caution in the area. - PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
First responders have to be ready for any situation, at any moment. But they can't think of everything. That's where a Washington County Girl Scout and her mom come in. Kailey Ambrose is on the autism spectrum. She and her mom realized EMTs might need a special set of tools for people with sensory disorders. - PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 9:37:26 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Video: Members of the Milwaukee Fire Department are being praised for their actions in helping a man threatening to end his life by jumping off a bridge on North Teutonia Avenue.
It happened Thursday, June 24 as officials were responding to a crash on the Teutonia Avenue overpass, which goes over West Silver Spring Drive. - PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 11:27:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters contained damage to a machine at an Appleton plant Wednesday morning.
At 3:30 a.m., the Appleton Fire Department was called to a fire at a facility in the 2600 block of W. Second St. They didn’t name the facility, but Pellet America is located on that block.
Firefighters arrived to find a large amount of smoke coming from an overhead door. - PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 10:15:01 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Emergency crews responded to Warner Park on Monday after a vehicle hit a propane tank, causing it to spew hazardous vapors into the air.
Firefighters were first dispatched to the Warner Park Boat Launch shortly after 2:15 p.m. to help at the scene. When they arrived, crews smelled propane in the air and saw pressurized white vapor spewing from the 1000-gallon tank. - PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 6:37:06 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
A café in Augusta is destroyed after a fire broke out Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters were still on the scene early Monday morning nearly 10 hours after the fire started.
Tuggar’s Cafe and Catering on Lincoln Street caught fire Sunday afternoon.
Crews shut down Highway 12 as dozens of firefighters worked to get the flames under control. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 5:10:47 PM - SOURCE: WLAX-TV FOX 25 La Crosse
VIDEO: With the 4th of July only a few days away, the Fond du Lac Fire Rescue team is urging people to be careful with fireworks this holiday weekend.
To show the dangers of fireworks, the team blew up various fruits with legal and illegal fireworks that can be purchased in town. The experiment is designed to show what could happen if you’re careless around fireworks. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 2:46:22 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Milwaukee firefighters responded to a house fire at South 5th and Becher Tuesday, June 29. Officials say equipment was stolen from one of their responding vehicles.
Smoke was coming from the roof of the home when crews arrived. Fire officials say the blaze was quickly moving toward damaging another home. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:52:32 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Madison Fire Department helped rescue a tree trimmer that found themselves stuck dozens of feet in their air when their hydraulic lift stopped working Monday morning.
The fire department says the man was working to take down a tree on Van Hise Avenue — just a few blocks from Camp Randall Stadium — after recent storm damage when the lift stopped working, stranding him 40 feet above the ground. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 10:39:37 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Four people have been displaced following a house fire Monday afternoon in Appleton.
Firefighters say they were dispatched shortly after 3:30 p.m. for a report of a fire in the 2400 block of S. Eric Drive. Dispatchers reported that everyone was out of the house and smoke and flames could be seen.
Upon arrival, crews found flames through the roof of the home. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 5:53:46 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay
The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department is an outlier among its peers in its continued exclusive use of part-time responders. And as call volumes continue to grow, any desire to improve its response times and service levels will likely require greater use of full-time staffing.
This and other conclusions come from a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report commissioned by the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Commission and the villages of Union Grove and Yorkville. - PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Cambridge News
