Multiple grass fires broke out Thursday near a set of railroad tracks at Old Highway 51. Firefighters responded just after 1 p.m. to a series of reports of fires stretching from Maple Ridge Road to Kowalski Road. The fires were under control by 2 p.m. but still smoldering as firefighters doused hot spots. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 4:55:55 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald
Citizens in the Little Chute area are receiving fraudulent mailers requesting donations for the "Little Chute Area Volunteer Firefighter Drive", a statement from the Little Chute Fire Department said. The mailer explains why you are receiving the donation form and offers multiple ways for you to make your payment. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 1:03:12 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com
The Superior Fire Department says there are no fatalities in the explosion at the Husky oil refinery, at least 5 Injuries have been reported. The explosion happened at about 10:06 a.m. at the refinery, which is in the city's East End. The nature of the casualties was not immediately disclosed.A contractor who was inside the building told Eyewitness News it sounded like "a sonic boom. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 9:42:09 AM - SOURCE: WDIO-TV ABC 10/13
A controlled burn in the Town of Oregon got out of control Wednesday evening and ignited a structure fire, officials said. Firefighters with the Oregon Area Fire and EMS District were dispatched to the structure fire around 5:45 p.m. at 585 Tipperary Road. When crews arrived, they found a shed fully engulfed by fire with some extension into nearby vegetation, according to a news release from the district. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 3:36:37 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
A veteran firefighter in a small community in northwestern Wisconsin has died following a response. The U.S. Fire Administration on Thursday announced the line-of-duty death of 69-year-old Spooner volunteer firefighter Philip H. Neubich, who was a 38-year veteran of the fire service. Late on Tuesday evening, Neubich responded to his fire station when the department was paged out for a reported gas leak inside a residence. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse News
Fire crews responded to a grass fire off County Road O in the Town of Marathon Wednesday afternoon. SAFER Chief Matt Savage says the call came in before 4 PM. A large field was in flames upon their arrival. Additional crews from Marathon Fire, Mosinee Fire and Wausau DNR responded. Firefighters spent the next two hours extinguishing the blaze and putting out hotspots. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 6:04:27 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
The Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association has created a task force to help firefighters who are struggling with mental health issues. The association’s president Jon Cohn said they hope the task force will provide a statewide network of support to firefighters who are struggling with mental health issues. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 3:30:29 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
A fire broke out early Wednesday at an apartment complex on the east side of Green Bay. The apartment is located at 1444 Smith Street and the fire broke out around 5:50 a.m. 10 people were taken to the hospital. Most of them suffered smoke inhalation. There are were working smoke detectors in the building. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 7:05:29 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: Almost two years after a near-deadly accident sent a Green County man to the hospital, he's finally back home with his family. Dean Walz was welcomed home to Albany Tuesday with a police and fire escort to his new house. In June 2016, he fell about 75 feet when a bucket truck's boom broke while was working for a tree-trimming company. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 6:33:42 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
The Superior Fire Department was rocked last week by the loss of one of their own. Battalion Chief Erik Sutton, 46, who retired in March after serving for 20 years on the department, died April 18. The cause of death was not released. "As a department we are trying to cope and understand this loss," wrote Fire Chief Steve Panger in a Monday news release. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 2:55:31 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior
A Superior Fire Department battalion chief who retired just a few weeks ago died on April 18 after "a long and brave struggle" with mental illness, Mayor Jim Paine said on Tuesday.
Erik Sutton, 46, who had served on the Superior Fire Department for 20 years, took his own life, Paine said. Sutton had sought and received care prior to his death. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 2:55:31 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior
An unmanned garbage truck caught fire near the city’s Pearl Street Facility at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. No one was injured, although smoke could be seen from more than a mile away. The vehicle was idling in the city’s bulk garbage lot at 830 Racine St. when heavy smoke and fire were observed coming from the cab, according to a release from the Racine Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 5:41:47 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Firefighters say a white residue that has emerged in a neighborhood after a fire is harmless. The Oshkosh Fire Department says it was called to a fire at A.P. Nonweiler, 3221 Hwy. A, just after 6 p.m. Monday. A.P. Nonweiler makes industrial coatings and paints. The building's sprinkler system contained the fire, and firefighters were able to put it out quickly. - PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 8:42:46 AM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11
One person died in a Monday afternoon fire that burned a small barn, tin outbuilding and a couple acres of grass in Pepin County. The Pepin County sheriff’s office withheld the victim’s identity on Monday night, pending notification of family. Emergency workers were called at 3:03 p.m. for a fire with possible fatality at N7050 Hayes Road in the town of Lima. - PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 7:41:15 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
18 people were taken to the hospital after the ammonia spill at Abbyland Foods in Abbotsford Monday evening. According to Chief Bert Nitzke from the Central Fire & EMS District, one of those people is a firefighter. He says the 18 people were transported for everything from fainting to respiratory stress. - PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 4:35:57 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Firefighters on Tuesday morning, April 24 responded to the scene of an apartment fire on Mohawk Avenue in Glendale. The call came in shortly before 2:00 a.m. When crews arrived on scene, they found smoke and fire coming from a first floor unit. In addition, one resident from the affect unit was found outside requiring medical attention. - PUB DATE: 4/24/2018 3:38:30 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
VIDEO: It's been a long winter in western Wisconsin, and although there are still traces of snowfall on the ground, it didn't stop a grass fire from breaking out Sunday evening at Lake Wissota State Park. “This is definitely ground-fire season, now that everything is finally starting to dry out,” explains Dave Hladilek, a property supervisor, for the Lake Wissota, Brunet Island team. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 5:57:46 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
Holmen's fire chief won't renew his contract when it expires in August according to the village president. After two years, Paul Menches told the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board Thursday night that he's decided to leave the department as of the middle of August, Holmen Village President Nancy Proctor told WXOW. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 9:59:28 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
A man was flown to a Milwaukee-area hospital after a one-car crash late Saturday night at Highway 165 and Sheridan Road. The crash occurred at 9:51 p.m. and involved a man believed to be the driver of the vehicle who had to be extricated, according to David Wilkinson, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department assistant chief. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 1:51:58 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
VIDEO: Authorities were forced to fully evacuate Lake Wissota State Park Sunday afternoon in order to fight several grass fires. Officials told News 18 there were a few campers at the park at the time, but said no one was injured. They don't know what started the fires, or how many acres they have burned so far, but the Department of Natural Resources is sending officers from Ladysmith to help put them out. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2018 5:39:18 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
