VIDEO: The Fall Creek Area Fire District said a lightning strike is the likely culprit behind an overnight fire at St. James Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Fall Creek.
Crews were sent to the church at 2:51 a.m. Thursday and found the bell tower of the church on fire, according to a post on Facebook from the Fire District. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ Eau Claire
Three people, including two children, died in a house fire in Barron County early Thursday, according to sheriff’s officials.
Dispatchers received a 911 call about 3:30 a.m. The caller said three people were still inside the house in Barron.
Firefighters were able to pull two children from the burning home and they were taken to Mayo Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Reckless driving in Milwaukee is an epidemic. Emergency responders are getting hurt – and the wounds are more than physical.
"People are screaming and crying and yelling at you to move faster, things like that," said Milwaukee Fire Captain A.J. Hornik.
A group of Milwaukee firefighters recently trained for what has become a serious problem in the city. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says parts of Wisconsin have a high fire danger Thursday.
West-central Wisconsin, including the cities of Eau Claire and La Crosse, are at high fire danger, the DNR’s middle category of five for wildfire risk.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, the counties at high fire risk include Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, St. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ Eau Claire
Two months ago, we were comparing daily COVID-19 numbers to last summer’s lows. For the past two weeks, we’ve been comparing them to last February, coming off the omicron variant surge.
Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported almost 2,600 new COVID-19 cases, the most reported on one day since February 8. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Firefighters from multiple counties extinguished a large barn fire Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office.
At 3:26 p.m., the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and the Eden Fire Department were dispatched to a barn fire at N4334 Pine Road in the town of Eden. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2022 8:12:40 AM - SOURCE: Fond Du Lac Reporter
Fond du Lac firefighters are warning about the dry conditions after a marsh fire Tuesday night.
At about 11:13 p.m., Fond du Lac Fire Rescue responded to Lakeshore Drive north of Howard Litscher Drive. Crews found dry marsh grass on fire spreading east.
The area is remote and the Brush Response ATV was called to the scene. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2022 3:22:15 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Two people were found dead near the scene of a fire in the Township of Presque Isle Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Vilas County Sheriff's Office, the call for the fire off of Baer Road came in at 12:43 p.m.
When they arrived, local firefighters and responders from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fire Services were able to put out the flames. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 5:04:00 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
An east side apartment building is displaced following a fire that caused significant damage.
Madison Fire crews arrived to a two-story, four-unit apartment building with smoke showing Monday night around 10:30 p.m.
The crew made their way to the second floor from the exterior and entered the apartment. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 5:00:49 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
The cause of a barn fire in Wood County is still undetermined, but authorities are investigating if lightning may be the cause.
Around 11:30 p.m. Monday night, several departments were paged to the scene of a barn fire on 11600 block of State Highway 10 in the town of Lincoln. That location is southwest of Marshfield. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:39 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
Crews fought a fire at a building at 7th and Cleveland in Milwaukee overnight Tuesday.
Flames erupted in a large, two-story home there.
A Milwaukee Fire Department battalion chief told us that everyone got out of the house and that no firefighters were injured.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 8:57:17 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
Action 2 News viewers captured the intense smoke and flames at the scene of a scrap metal business fire in Marinette County.
Watch the video above to see images from viewers Robert Matthews, Cynthia Kusba, and April Lane.
Crews responded to Sal B Scrap Metal and Recycling around 3 o’clock Monday afternoon. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 4:48:09 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
When new Fire Chief Peter Fletty was starting out with the city's fire department, he thought he'd eventually move back to Eau Claire.
Fletty, 47, grew up in Eau Claire and it's where most of his family still lives. But firefighter jobs were difficult to get 25 years ago, and the Marshfield Fire Department made him an offer. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 4:01:24 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald - Metered Site
The Fort Atkinson Fire Department is set to acquire two new vehicles by the end of 2022 and another vehicle in 2024 as the department prepares to add EMS services at the start of 2023.
The purchases include a light rescue vehicle and associated equipment for $425,223, a used ambulance for $30,000 and a new ambulance for $263,448. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Jefferson County Union
Federal law enforcement agencies are getting involved in the search for the suspect or suspects who set fire to the office of a Madison-area anti-abortion group on Sunday morning.
Police Chief Shon Barnes says someone was driving past the building when they noticed the fire and called 9-1-1.
“Our responding officers observed smoke coming from inside the building and a ground-level window which had been breached,” Chief Barnes said during a press conference on Monday. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 1:30:04 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee
Wildfire season is in full swing, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The DNR's dashboard shows there's been more than 50 fires this weekend alone.
"We're starting to see a lot of fire activity, particularly this weekend with the warm temperatures, low humidity, and increased winds," DNR Wildfire Prevention Specialist Catherine Koele said. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Watertown moved a big step closer this past week toward acquiring land for a new, much larger fire station, with two sites identified as finalists, following a consultant’s lengthy research process.
After enlisting the help of Five Bugles Design, which has assisted in fire station designs across Wisconsin, the common council was told Tuesday that six locations were identified, but sites at 800 S. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
Madison Police are investigating what they believe was targeted arson and vandalism on the city’s north side.
It happened at the office of Family Action Wisconsin, which is a non-profit that supports anti-abortion measures.
Police say they believe someone threw a molotov cocktail into the office window Sunday morning, but it didn’t ignite. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2022 2:17:56 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
PHOTOS: Four people are dead after a house fire in rural Monroe County Thursday evening.
The Sparta Area Fire District said they went to a call of a reported structure fire on Backtrail Road in the Town of Little Falls east of Melrose at 9:09 p.m. Thursday.
According to the Fire District in a release, the report was that a house was on fire with people trapped upstairs and unable to get out. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 5:13:40 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
Sharon Purifoy-Smoots became the first Black female to be promoted to assistant chief of the Milwaukee Fire Department on Thursday.
The promotion continues an already trailblazing career for the 19-year department veteran. In 2020, she became the first Black female to be named deputy chief at the department. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site
