Fifteen families have been affected by a Beaver Dam apartment fire Thursday night.
Dodge County dispatchers received multiple reports of a structure fire on 108 Lakecrest Drive at about 6:20 p.m., according to a news release. The residence was a two-story apartment building with 16 units.
Police first arrived to help evacuate tenants and prevent anyone from re-entering. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 9:23:05 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison
One person is dead and another was injured following a fire Thursday morning, Jan. 28 at the Burnham Hill Apartments -- located near 29th and Mitchell in Milwaukee. The fire broke out just after midnight.
The fire started on the third floor in a single apartment. A 72-year-old man from Milwaukee was found deceased inside the unit where the fire originated. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 6:37:56 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Aresidential home was severely damaged but nobody was injured after a fire on Hwy. 27 north of Sparta Tuesday.
According to Sparta Area Fire District chief Mike Arnold, a child who lives at the residence returned from school shortly after 4 p.m. and saw the home full of smoke. She got two dogs out of the home and called her father, who called 911. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 1:03:30 AM - SOURCE: Tomah Journal
A Wisconsin firefighter has been a trailblazer of sorts for more than two decades now. But her unique claim to fame isn't as unique anymore.
And she is just fine with that.
Back in 1999, Jamie Lenzner took an oath: an oath to protect and serve the community of Antigo. If you take a closer look at some pictures from back then, it won't be hard to pick her out because she was the only woman in her class. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News
A family of four escaped a fire at home thanks to a working smoke alarm on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
The Racine Fire Department responded to a reported stove fire in the 1600 block of Prospect Street shortly before 1:30 p.m.
Upon arrival, fire crews noticed light smoke showing from a second floor window and were directed to a fire located in the kitchen. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 3:24:39 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Fire Department Administration Building downtown will bear the name of Alonzo Robinson, the first Black architect in the city and state, under a resolution a committee of the Common Council approved Wednesday.
Robinson designed the Administration Building at 711 W. Wells Street, in addition to hundreds of other buildings in the Milwaukee area. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 1:47:43 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On Millers Bay Tuesday afternoon, Oshkosh firefighters are prepared for a call they never want to get.
“This is one of those low volume calls, but it’s very high risk,” Public Information Officer John Holland told Local 5. “So for us, the more training we do, the better.”
When that call does come in, Holland says the department needs to be ready. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 11:18:38 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay
The Wausau Fire Department’s Fire Chief Tracey Kujawa has announced her retirement effective April 1st of 2021. Chief Kujawa’s contributions to the Wausau and Stevens Point communities through her selfless service have been trailblazing and have made permanent positive impacts within both communities. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 5:43:45 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
The Egg Harbor Fire Department will have to reorganize as a non-profit organization if it wants to continue fundraising to help pay for their operations.
Attorney Randy Nesbitt notified Egg Harbor Fire Chief Andy Staats on Monday that the Egg Harbor Firefighters, Inc. had its corporation administratively dissolved by the State of Wisconsin back on May 29th, 2017. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 8:38:11 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News
Five people died this weekend after three fatal fires Saturday, Jan. 23, in Wisconsin.
They were in Fort Atkinson, Grant County and Washington County. Five people died, and three of the victims were children.
“It’s unfortunate that somebody does lose their life in these fires but we have to make sure that their deaths aren’t in vain," West Bend Fire Captain of Fire Safety Kenny Asselin said. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Miwaukee
A Grant county family has lost another child after a house fire over the weekend.
With the death of 14-year-old Barbara Hurley, the house fire in Blue River is now the deadliest in Grant county, in Sheriff Nate Dreckman's memory.
"I don't know if we've ever had this many, we've had a few over the years that I've been here but not with three," he said. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison
The Merrill Fire Department said a driver was rescued after crashing their vehicle onto the ice of Wisconsin River Monday morning.
Around 8:30 a.m., the Merrill Fire Department responded to the crash on the Wisconsin River near the 2000 block of W. Main Street in Merrill.
Merrill Fire Chief Josh Klug said Lincoln County Dispatchers were able to keep the driver calm and advised him to not move around in the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 1/25/2021 1:31:46 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
One person is in the hospital after La Crosse emergency crews rescued the person near Grandad Bluff. The incident happened around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. La Crosse police asked La Crosse fire crews for help finding the person on the bluff, according to the La Crosse fire department.
Fire crews performed a technical slope evacuation to bring the person to safety. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 8:35:43 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse
Firefighters said they were called to a garage fire Sunday just before 4:30 p.m.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department said the fire happened on the 500 block of N Maple Avenue.
Crews said when they first arrived they saw smoke coming from a two stall detached garage that was in a back alley behind the home. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 5:32:14 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in separate house fires early Saturday in Grant and Jefferson counties, officials said. The 12-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man died from injuries caused by a fire at 105 Jay St. in the village of Blue River reported at about 3:40 a.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. - PUB DATE: 1/24/2021 1:26:20 PM - SOURCE: WISC News
COVID-19 doses are a "very precious resource." That's the message the Department of Health Services' deputy secretary is sending to vaccinators. So what happens when there are extra doses?
"Once you've opened a vial and reconstituted it, you cannot put it back in the refrigerator or the freezer. You have to use all the doses in that vial," said deputy secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 9:16:08 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
No one was hurt during a fire at a nursing home in Oconto Thursday evening.
At about 7:40 p.m., Oconto Fire and Rescue was called to the Bay at Oconto Health and Rehabilitation Center at 101 First St.
Oconto Police arrived on scene to find all residents evacuated to a safe location within the building. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 6:47:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
With a generous gift from Husky Energy, the Superior Fire Department is now equipped with four brand new ice rescue suits.
Husky Refinery had reached out to the fire department at the end of last year, asking about making a donation to help out with some winter gear.
The refinery gave $2,500 for the new suits, which will replace the previous ones that had begun showing their age including some that leaked. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV Fox 21 Duluth
The Oshkosh Fire Department is joining a national pilot program that uses the latest technology to collect data, analyze the risks for a potential fire, and help the fire department educate neighbors about those risks.
As one of only 250 fire departments across the country selected, Oshkosh will soon be able to build a community risk assessment digitally. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 11:45:16 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
Raelynn Wankowski is only 10 weeks old, and she already has been to her first reunion.
The newborn and her parents, Justin and Rachel Wankowski, went to the local firehouse Wednesday to reunite with the firefighters who helped to deliver Raelynn into the world.
It was the first baby delivery in the nearly 70-year history of the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Co. - PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 2:33:26 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
