Over a dozen emergency crews assisted with a Door County house fire Sunday.
The Egg Harbor Fire Department said crews responded to a grass fire that spread to a home at 6072 Windsong Bluff Drive around 10 a.m.
Firefighters saw flames coming from the second story of the home.
“Fire crews made an aggressive fire attack until water supply ran low,” Chief Justin MacDonald posted on social media. - PUB DATE: 6/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Milwaukee fire crews say three homes are damaged, and a firefighter injured after a fire broke out Sunday morning on the city's southside.
The fire taking place near 20th and Grant. The acting battalion chief with the Milwaukee Fire Department says everyone was able to get out of all three homes safely, besides the Firefighter with minor injures. - PUB DATE: 6/26/2022 11:49:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
PHOTOS: A semi-tractor trailer started on fire after a crash on I-39/90/94 Thursday morning and Facebook users are giving their best guesses about what was in the trailer.
According to a Wisconsin State Patrol Facebook post, lanes going south are impacted and the 511 website showed the right lane was blocked (last updated at 10:46 a. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
Kaukauna Fire Chief Jake Carrel, along with four other Fox Valley fire departments, have enlisted the Wisconsin Policy Forum to help them consider options for enhanced collaboration or new service sharing arrangements.
The report presents options that would allow the departments to “start small” and build over time toward more comprehensive collaborations. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kaukauna Community News
The Grantsburg Rural Fire Association continues to make improvements to their fire station property, and last week completed the installation of a unique piece of local firefighting history, that also has a bit of a sad tale behind it.
The original Grantsburg Fire Station bell was installed on the corner of South Pine Street and East Broadway, also showing a placard of the history and background of the huge iron fixture. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Burnett County Sentinel - Metered Site
A worker was injured Thursday afternoon at a construction site near the Milwaukee lakefront.
The Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed it was called to the 900 block of East Michigan Street for a person injured.
Crews used a basket to lift the construction worker out of the site and then took the person to an area hospital. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at Ruby's Bagels on Rawson Avenue in Oak Creek Wednesday evening, June 22.
A firefighter suffered a minor injury, and two people were evaluated for smoke inhalation, Oak Creek fire officials said.
The first crews on the scene around 4:30 p.m. reported smoke coming from the roof and started attacking the fire from the inside of the building. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Two people were inside a mobile home when it exploded in Niagara this past April. The shocking explosion was felt in the Town of Niagara and heard 30 miles away.
In an exclusive interview, Joe and Debi Hendrichs sit down with our Brittany Schmidt, detailing their near-death experience in hopes of saving lives by bringing attention to the accident that could have killed them. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The City of Racine Fire Department responded to two fires within hours of each other on Wednesday, June 22. Both fires were on exterior decks of multi-family apartment buildings.
The first fire occurred in the area of Erie Street and Hubbard Street around 4 p.m. on an upper unit entrance wooden deck. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Body camera video shows a 3-year-old boy being rescued from a burning home in West Allis early Sunday, June 19. The intense video shows West Allis police and firefighters not giving up.
West Allis police shared video Tuesday. It shows panic, emotion and the moment a boy was carried away from a burning home. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Four people and six dogs are without a home due to a kitchen fire in Neenah that happened Tuesday.
According to a release, around 5:00 p.m., the Neenah-Menasha Fire Department was sent to the 1200 Block of Honeysuckle Lane for reports of smoke showing at a single-family residence.
After arriving on the scene, firefighters learned that of the six dogs, four of them were still inside the burning house with one of them being in a cage. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
Summer lived up to its name as the first day of the season brought a heat index of 100 degrees or more to Northeast Wisconsin. As Mother Nature continued to bring on the heat Tuesday, Wisconsinites are trying to find ways to stay cool.
It was obvious why folks were hanging out at the pool. Just ask the Candela family. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
A 23-year-old La Crosse woman facing arson and second-degree recklessly endangering safety charges appeared in court Tuesday.
Brianna Lawrence allegedly started a fire May 3 at 1917 Prospect St. that caused an estimation of more than $70,000 in damage to the property, according to the criminal complaint. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 1:22:19 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
A controlled-burn of scrap materials at the River Valley Ranch mushroom farm, 39960 60th St., went wrong, catching plastic planting trays on fire an creating a smoke cloud large enough to be seen from Green Bay Road in Kenosha and from Lake Geneva in Walworth County Tuesday morning.
Cheri Petkus, a manager at River Valley Ranch & Kitchens, which sits across Highway 50 from the farm, said she noticed the fire and called 911. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site
A joint southern Ozaukee County fire and EMS department has already been created, and now a group of communities in the county’s central section will begin discussions about consolidating their operations.
The communities that oversee the Grafton, Cedarburg, Saukville and Port Washington fire departments will all consider signing a memorandum of understanding in the coming weeks, with the villages of Grafton and Saukville and the city of Port Washington taking it up this week. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 8:57:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee News And Event
Five Fox Valley fire departments are examining ways they can further their collaboration with one another to meet increased demands for service amid fiscal constraints and a tight labor market.
The Appleton, Oshkosh, Neenah-Menasha, Grand Chute and Kaukauna fire departments recently hired the Wisconsin Policy Forum to study opportunities for regional cooperation. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post Crescent - Metered Site
A few firefighters in Stevens Point were honored for their courage.
Distinguished Service Awards were given to two members of city fire staff (Lt. Mark Schoeberle, and John Klementz) and a Mid-State Technical College intern (Riley Cate) for saving lives at a fire in a Stevens Point high rise last October. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau
The Milwaukee Fire Department responded to a fire at a laundromat on the city's east side Monday evening, June 20.
It happened at East Side Maytag Coin Laundry located on Prospect and Kenilworth Place.
Officials say fire shot through the roof, but fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident.
They say the building will likely be closed for a few days. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2022 10:14:01 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
If it weren’t for the quick actions of a Cottage Grove firefighter, the fire damage to an apartment complex in the Village of Cottage Grove could’ve been much worse.
At approximately 5:28 p.m. on Friday, the Cottage Grove Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire call to an apartment complex on Limestone Pass. - PUB DATE: 6/19/2022 9:44:45 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison
Waukesha Fire and Police departments responded to a structure fire on Fairview Ave in the City of Waukesha Saturday.
Crews arrived and found the outside front of a two-family residence fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the exterior fire and stop any further spread into the house. - PUB DATE: 6/18/2022 4:56:09 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 milwaukee
