A fire in the City of Green Bay caused around $10,000 in damages on Thursday.
According to a release, firefighters with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department were sent to the 300 Block of South Roosevelt Street for a report of an exterior fire along a fence. After arriving on the scene, firefighters found the fire extended into the detached garage of the residence. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
While strong men – and women – flex their muscles for the title of the Brat City Strongest, Sheboygan Firefighters will be fighting Muscular Dystrophy on Saturday at 3 Sheeps Taproom in Sheboygan.
Roy Brion of the Sheboygan Firefighters Local 483 is chair of this year’s “Pints for a Purpose” that kicks off the firefighters’ annual “Fill the Boots” campaign. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 5:08:59 AM - SOURCE: WHBL-AM 1330 Sheboygan
No known injuries are reported after a house fire in Chippewa Falls Wednesday.
Chippewa Falls Police Department is considering this fire to be “suspicious in nature.”
According to a media release by Chippewa Falls Police Department, Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services along with Chippewa Falls Police responded to the scene of a house fire located at 721 Superior Street. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison
Kitchen doors saved a fire from spreading through a Beloit home late Tuesday morning, the Beloit Fire Department reported. Firefighters credited the doors being closed for limiting the damage from the flames to the room where the blaze started.
While smoke penetrated other rooms, the fact the kitchen doors were closed kept the fire contained to where it started, they wrote in a Facebook post. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
The Winnebago County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) has confirmed that a child was killed in a semi vs. structure crash on Monday. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. on July 25 in Vinland, Wisconsin. “The semi-tractor/trailer had been traveling on I-41 southbound when it veered off the interstate through the fence line, crossed the frontage road, and crashed into an occupied residence on Green Valley Road,” WCSO said in a news release issued on Tuesday morning. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CDL Life
Stevens Point masons are donating a couple of tools to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.
The Evergreen Lodge, with assistance from the Wisconsin Masonic Foundation, is gifting a fire suppression unit. It will allow police to bring the temperature of a fire down if they need to get to anyone before the fire department arrives. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A fire is under investigation after a popular Manitowoc bakery started on fire early Wednesday morning.
According to the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department, they were dispatched to Hartman’s Bakery on N. 11th Street in Manitowoc around 12:12 a.m. for reports of smoke filling up the business, but the employees didn’t know where it was coming from. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A car caught on fire, resulting in the closure of the ramp from WIS 175 southbound to I-94 westbound in Milwaukee on Monday.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation cameras showed smoke and flames. The ramp has since reopened. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to a one-vehicle car fire around 6 p. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
The same fire department that responded to two drownings in three days on Lac La Belle is looking for taxpayers to approve hiring more firefighters. Voters in the Western Lakes Fire District will weigh the referendum in August.
The Western Lakes Fire District serves seven towns and cities. Their six stations serve 215 square miles. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
A downtown Madison apartment was ruled uninhabitable after a fire Monday.
Firefighters were sent to the 100 block of South Hancock Street at around 10:25 a.m. A resident reported hearing a smoke detector and finding smoke coming from an upper floor. All occupants who were at home at the time of the fire but evacuated safely and no injuries were reported. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 9:08:30 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBC 3 Madison
Police are providing more details surrounding the warehouse fire in Green Bay on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department (GBMFD), at around 4 p.m. crews responded to the 600 block of Liberty Street for reports of smoke and flames being seen coming out of an industrial warehouse. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
A Baraboo home was declared a “total loss” by the Baraboo Fire Department early Sunday morning after crews arrived to discover the house already entrenched in flames.
The fire department, along with the Baraboo District Ambulance Service and Baraboo Police, were notified of a garage fire at 620 Ash Street around 5:21 a. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2022 10:36:13 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
A fire Saturday night damaged an east side home, leaving six people temporarily homeless.
Two people were treated for smoke inhalation after the 9:10 p.m. blaze at 1635 Farlin Ave.
The fire began in an upstairs bedroom; smoke and flames were visible from the upstairs window and roof when firefighters arrived. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2022 9:27:17 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette - Metered Site
A family was forced to evacuate after a fire at an east Madison apartment Saturday.
Crews were sent to the building in the 400 block of Walbridge Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. First responders reported seeing heavy fire coming from a first-floor window.
Firefighters put out the flames on the outside of the building before moving inside. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2022 8:06:08 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
Authorities resumed their search Friday morning for a missing man on Lac La Belle.
The man had been swimming toward the middle of the lake Thursday evening when he went missing. A 911 call at 7:18 p.m. reported a possible drowning, according to a statement released by the Western Lakes Fire District. - PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 7:32:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukie Journal Sentinel - Metered Site
A bright red, shiny, new fire truck has been on many a youngsters’ letters to Santa, but no toy compares to the real thing. That’s exactly what was unveiled on Thursday by the Sheboygan Fire Department. Engine 1864 was placed into service at noon yesterday at Fire Station 4, replacing a 29-year-old unit, and is expected to serve as a frontline apparatus for the next 10-15 years before being placed on reserve status. - PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 3:57:59 AM - SOURCE: WHBL-AM 1330 Sheboygan
Investigators are looking for clues as to what might have caused the second fire in four days at the former Northridge Mall on Milwaukee’s far northwest side.
According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, crews were called to the sprawling shopping center, which sits on 22.3 acres of land at 9009 N. Granville Station Road at 5:10 p. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:58:26 PM - SOURCE: BizTimes
VIDEO: One of the city's largest fires was sparked in 2007 by multiple explosions that destroyed the unfinished four-story $13.25 million Landmark Square senior living center downtown.
The city's skyline glowed orange from the fire's blaze on that early March morning, forcing the evacuation of 139 residents of a nearby nursing home and injuring two firefighters. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 6:00:42 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press - Metered Site
The state is moving forward with efforts to collect and dispose of roughly 25,000 gallons of firefighting foam that contain harmful forever chemicals known as PFAS.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to accept bids for the state’s PFAS-containing firefighting foam collection and disposal program. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 3:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
The victim in a fatal motorcycle crash last week has been identified as Eugene Faust, a 2021 graduate of Union Grove High School and a current volunteer firefighter. Faust, 18, of Union Grove, died July 14 at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, where he was taken after crashing on his motorcycle the night before on State Highway 11. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald
