Racine Fire Department was dispatched to a home near Yout and Charles around 7:15 p.m. for a report of black smoke coming from the second-story window.
Upon arrival, crews initiated a fast attack through the front door and encountered heavy heat and smoke conditions. Flames were encountered in the first-floor kitchen area and the fire was knocked down and loss was stopped approximately 25 minutes from the initial dispatch. - PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 4:17:51 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
A crop duster helicopter struck power lines Saturday at 10:14 a.m. and crashed near Friesland in Columbia County.
Initial investigation has revealed that the helicopter was crop dusting when it attempted to go under high power lines. The helicopter struck the power lines and crashed a short distance beyond. - PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 3:57:48 PM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen
A 21-year-old man was transported by helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah after being ejected from his SUV.
It happened around 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, July 29 near W. County Road A and Forest Dr. in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office said the man lost control of his SUV, and his injuries are believed to be life threatening. - PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Mike Revolinski is being remembered as a “super good guy” who always wore a smile on his face.
Revolinski, who perished in Tuesday’s house explosion and resulting fire in the Village of Rome, was a former chief of the Rome Fire Department who had served in that capacity for about 10 years.
“He would do anything for anybody—(he was) very, very helpful,” said family spokesman Kevin Broedlow, brother-in-law to Mike and Sharon Revolinski who had resided at the home destroyed in the blast. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 9:59:02 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News - Metered Site
Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue says a candle was left burning when no one was home, causing a fire that damaged part of a house on County Rd. V Thursday afternoon.
The fire department says smoke detectors alerted people nearby, who called 911. Firefighters were able to limit the fire damage to one room, while there was smoke damage to other rooms. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 5:18:12 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Hudson Fire Department was on the scene late afternoon July 28, 2021, after a gas leak was reported.
They closed off the Second Street from Walnut Street to Coulee Road, and made certain everyone was safe.
Hudson Police advised residents to avoid the area in a Facebook post. The cause of the leak was under investigation. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hudson Star Observer
VIDEO: Mitch Lundgaard, a 14-year-veteran of the Appleton Fire Department, lost his life in the line of duty in May of 2019 while responding to a medical emergency. Now, a park is set to be built in his honor. The facilities are located directly next to Appleton's Fire Station No. 6. The city seeked feedback on preliminary park concepts. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2021 5:21:35 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
A fire inside an 80-foot-tall tree along the lakeshore at Olin Park might have been caused by discarded cigarette butts, fire officials said.
Crews were dispatched to Olin Park around 2:45 p.m. Monday after getting a report that a tree was on fire. When they arrived at Olin Park, a person flagged down firefighters to point out the tree’s location. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2021 4:42:03 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
By this time of the summer, nearly every year, many fire and police departments start receiving panicked calls from people about children or pets trapped inside hot cars.
It’s enough of a concern one local fire department actually purchased new equipment to help reach victims faster and safer.
Whether it’s a day that makes you beg for air conditioning, or it’s just a beauty from mother nature, it’s not always the temperature outside that’s a concern for firefighters. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 11:30:09 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
VIDEO: A retired Jefferson County firefighter died as a result of an explosion at a home in the Town of Rome on Tuesday afternoon, July 27.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene moments after the explosion – shortly before 2 p.m. Officials say the debris field from the explosion was roughly a full city block. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 3:19:34 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Approximately 16 acres of wheat and a combine were lost in a fire Monday afternoon. According to the Egg Harbor Fire Department, they were dispatched just before 2:15 p.m. to the report of a large grass fire approximately 300 feet from a residence. The first units were on the scene nearly 10 minutes later and called in for help from the fire departments of Ephraim, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, Baileys Harbor, Jacksonport, Gibraltar, and Luxemburg, Door County Emergency Services, and Door County Sheriff’s Department. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 4:56:45 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
New positive cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in Wisconsin. The state reported 349 new confirmed cases Monday.
That's the most new cases in a seven-day stretch in Wisconsin since May.
The seven-day average has been rising for 20 straight days.
But those numbers may not tell the whole story.
Health officials said a decline in testing numbers are a concern. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
The Coon Valley Fire Department extinguished a blaze that ruined a semi-tractor cab shortly after noon Monday in Coon Township.
The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center paged the fire department at about 12:15 p.m. about the fire at the intersection of County Hwy. B and County Hwy. KK.
The cab was engulfed in flames when the fire crews arrived, but all units — Engine 1, Squad 1 and Tender 1 — were clear within about an hour, according to a news release. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 6:08:31 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
When a man in the Town of Barton heard an explosion Friday night, July 23, he ran into the home without hesitation to save his elderly neighbor inside. The Washington County sheriff says he's a hero who likely saved his neighbor's life. That neighbor says it was just the right thing to do.
Jeff Dreher said he heard the explosion, thinking a tree had just fallen on top of his home. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:14:42 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
The Racine Fire Department responded to the area of Mt. Pleasant Street and William Street early Sunday morning, July 25 for an apartment fire. The call came in around 6:45 a.m.
The fire was called in by a Racine firefighter driving from Racine Fire Station 3 to Racine Fire Station 2 at shift change. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2021 12:25:15 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Firefighters say no one was injured during the early morning hours Saturday when a fire broke out at a duplex in Brillion.
According to the Brillion Fire Department, crews were called to the 400 block of Pagel Avenue at 12:34 a.m. for a report of a fire.
When they arrived, officials say light smoke could be seen coming from the living room of the residence into the garage area. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2021 10:46:53 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating an explosion and house fire that happened in Barton near West Bend on Friday, July 23.
Officials were notified of the incident at a single family residence near Norman and Jeanellen around 8:18 p.m. Friday night.
"At approximately 8:21 p.m. last night we got dispatched for the report of an explosion. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2021 6:29:01 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Two Madison residents were taken to a hospital following a small kitchen fire on the north side Friday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched to an apartment complex on the 2400 block of Monterrey Drive at around 9:10 a.m. after reports of smoke that was seen coming from one of the units. The crew entered the unit and found smoke and small flames on the kitchen’s stovetop. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 1:58:18 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a barn fire near Yellowstone Trail and Watercress Rd in the town of Addison Thursday.
Washington County Dispatch Center received multiple calls that the barn on the property was fully engulfed in flames.
The barn was unoccupied and used as a storage barn on the property. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 7:54:20 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
AUDIO: La Crosse Fire Chief Ken Gilliam visited the WIZM studio Thursday afternoon. We hit a bunch of topics, including the difficulties the fire dept. has with traffic circles (not roundabouts) on, for example, King Street.
Began the show discussing shared-service planning with Holmen’s fire dept. and ended with where La Crosse is at with new fire stations. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM-AM 1410 La Crosse
