VIDEO: A fire in Door County does some damage, but firefighters say they got some help from some quick thinking neighbors. First responders say a fire at a manufactured home at Chaudior's Dock may have started outside the home, before jumping into it. "It started outside the trailer. Inside underneath it, we accessed the hole through the floor, contained the fire to the floor part of the trailer and ended up clearing out the smoke," said Ryan Wery, Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 7/15/2018 10:00:01 PM - SOURCE: NBC26
A firefighter was injured and several others treated for dehydration after a structure fire that broke out at a single-family home after 4 p.m. Saturday in the 33000 block of Oak Knoll Road. Multiple local fire and rescue agencies responded, including South Shore Fire Department, the city and town of Burlington, Waterford, Rochester, Kansasville, Tichigan, Wind Lake, the Town of Raymond and Somers. - PUB DATE: 7/15/2018 12:29:01 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
Verizon Wireless and a Kansas-based construction company said Thursday that they were responsible, through an as-yet-unnamed subcontractor, for work being done at the site of a massive natural gas explosion Tuesday that rocked Sun Prairie’s downtown, killing a volunteer firefighter and critically injuring another. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 7:32:33 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal
An apartment fire on Green Bay's west side has left some people without a home tonight. The apartment complex on Fisk street has 24 units. As of tonight eight of them are a total loss. The investigation into what started the fire is still ongoing, but the community is glad everyone made it out safely. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 6:32:12 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
VIDEO: Rhinelander firefighters stared asking people for a favor today: fill their boots. A handful of firefighters set up at the corner of Stevens Street and Highway W for the annual "Fill the Boot" campaign. It benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association's summer camp program. MDA Fundraiser Coordinator Taylor Lodewegen says the Rhinelander Fire Department raises the top ten most money in the state. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 5:22:28 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau
A mother was injured early Friday morning when a truck driver struck her while speeding away after being asked to stop being so loud, Janesville police said. Janesville police and firefighters responded around 2:20 a.m. to Mineral Point Avenue and North Oakhill Avenue for a report of a hit-and-run crash with injuries, according to a release. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 5:01:15 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
The Beaver Dam Fire Department is continuing to prepare to expand its footprint. The department is assembling an ad hoc committee to consider next steps for a new north side fire station and is also looking at a training center. Fire Chief Alan Mannel is also pushing for a referendum to try to get more funds for the department. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 3:27:45 AM - SOURCE: wisc news
As Nicki Adeladel lost consciousness, she was resolved to the likelihood that the horrific town of Hudson crash she'd endured would end her life. That's why it was vital for her to see her mother's face when she came to. "It helped me to know I was alive," the St. Paul woman said. "I was expecting to see the deceased family members. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 9:26:35 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
VIDEO: Hundreds of people lined the streets in Sun Prairie and beyond as a procession of fire trucks escorted the body of a fallen firefighter to a funeral home. Some people held candles Wednesday night, others held signs to pay their respects to Cory Barr and support his family, which includes his wife Abby and 3-year-old twin girls. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:43:20 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Firefighters put out a small fire at Glass Nickel Pizza that rekindled Wednesday night, according to officials with Dane County dispatch. The report of the structure fire came in around 11:25 p.m. and officials called multiple units to respond. Officials said after some investigation only one fire engine is necessary to manage the small fire that was put out in minutes. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:40:52 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
VIDEO: Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, a Wisconsin native who played college football at Wisconsin, donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe page created for Cory Barr, the fire captain who was killed in an explosion Tuesday evening in downtown Sun Prairie, Wis. The explosion, which injured 15 and killed Barr, occurred on the corner of Main and Bristol streets after a gas main was struck by a contractor, which caused a leak. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:12:54 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald
Officers on alert following a $25,000 fireworks theft in Somerset arrested a group of Twin Cities men in June after they arrived in the middle of the night outside a St. Croix County fireworks store in trucks allegedly packed with tools to commit a burglary. St. Croix County prosecutors charged the men, St. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 9:31:27 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
VIDEO: A firefighter was killed and at least a dozen others were injured when a natural gas explosion leveled at least two buildings in Sun Prairie (northeast of Madison), authorities said Wednesday, July 11. Friends and loved ones have identified the fallen firefighter on social media and with FOX6 News as Captain Cory Barr. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 6:18:27 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Milwaukee police are investigation a shooting that happened Monday night, July 9 near 14th and Locust. According to polices, around 9:40 p.m. two shooting victims arrived at a local hospital seeking treatment for non-life threatening gunshot injuries. The investigation revealed that both victims, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, were traveling together in a vehicle when a suspect in another vehicle fired multiple gunshots at the victims. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 4:43:38 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A trailer home and its detached garage are a total loss after a fire late Monday night. The fire happened just after 10 p.m. in the 1300 block of Bellevue Street, according to Bellevue Fire and Rescue. Fire crews arrived at the trailer home to find fire and smoke showing from the outside of the residence. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 3:52:11 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Racine firefighters rescued a man from the Root River Monday evening. At about 7:50 p.m., a call came in for a possible drowning at the north side of the river just south of Green Glass, 1120 N. Main St. Numerous vehicles and personnel from both the Fire and Police Departments responded. Within about five minutes, firefighters had dropped a ladder in the river and the man climbed out without injury or need for medical attention, police said. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 7:41:22 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
VIDEO: Some Eau Claire firefighters have started the move into a new station. The Eau Claire Fire Department is preparing for the opening of the new Fire Station 10, a new state-of-the-art facility set to open on Thursday. Firefighters began moving equipment to the facility last Monday and are putting the finishing touches on the station Monday night. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 3:43:57 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire
No one was injured after a fire broke out in a small warehouse at Hsu's Ginseng Monday morning. Hsu's Director of Operations Mike Klemp-North says employees called in the Town of Texas' Fire Department at around 9 AM. "We were able to extinguish the fire prior to their arrival," he adds that all employees followed the company's safety protocols to the letter in the process. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 2:43:51 PM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390
A Madison fire crew responded twice within an hour this weekend to reports of a fire in a pedestrian tunnel on Madison's north side, according to a news release. The Madison Fire Department said firefighters responded to the tunnel near Troy Drive and School Road shortly before and then shortly after midnight, finding a pile of clothes on fire in both instances. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 1:15:41 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Life-saving efforts by a Hager City mother and emergency responders were too late to save a boy who drowned last week in a Pierce County swimming pool. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said 3-year-old Ryker B. Tipton died Friday, July 6, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after he was pulled from a pool the previous night by his mother, Ashlee Peterson. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 6:58:50 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
