Lightning is believed to be the cause of fire that destroyed a garage and large truck late Saturday, according to authorities. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. by a passerby who also alerted the renter who lives in the house at 714 172nd Ave, property owner Marcel Kuper said Sunday. Kuper’s home is nearby. - PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 1:43:50 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
VIDEO: Firefighters risk their lives responding to calls, but what about the risks at their own fire station? "We're a little different than most other occupations, because not only do we work here, but we live here," said Fire Chief Gregg Cleveland with the La Crosse Fire Department. The stations La Crosse firefighters call a second home are all over 50 years old. - PUB DATE: 4/16/2017 8:25:32 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
It was only about a year ago when then-mayoral candidate Jeannie Hefty, a member of the all-volunteer Burlington Rescue Squad, made the need to improve the squad's relationship with the Burlington Fire Department a major focus of her campaign. Today, with Hefty as mayor and Fire Chief Al Babe, who formerly ran an all-volunteer unit in the Town of Raymond, running the Fire Department, the relationship between the two organizations has improved substantially. - PUB DATE: 4/16/2017 2:13:56 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
VIDEO: A fire did severe damage to an apartment building in Somerset Friday afternoon. The Somerset Fire Department was called to a fire at 308 Willow Street in Somerset just before 2 p.m. This is the site of an apartment building. The fire appeared to start in an upper corner apartment, where flames could still be seen inside the apartment. - PUB DATE: 4/15/2017 10:24:44 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns
If the program garners enough student interest, Sun Prairie High School and Prairie Phoenix Academy will team up with the Sun Prairie Fire Department to offer students a chance to become licensed firefighters before high school graduation. Students would spend three mornings a week in Madison College’s Fire Academy course for college credit, said SPHS School to Career Manager Nancy Everson. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 3:11:29 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star
Two people are in the hospital after a house fire on Madison's north side. Crews were called to the fire at 1401 Nevada Rd. around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. As of 12:45 a.m. Friday, Madison Fire said firefighters had the fire under control and were working to put out hot spots. There is no word on the extent of the injuries. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 11:20:08 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Town of Wilson fire chief called it quits Tuesday and was followed out the door by several firefighters.
The now former fire chief's tenure with the department has been a point of contention since the fire department switched from a private corporation to a municipal fire department on Jan. 1 of this year. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 5:06:34 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
A carbon monoxide leak prompted an evacuation Tuesday night of a downtown Madison restaurant, according to a news release. The Madison Fire Department said a crew responded at 10:26 p.m. to Zandru's Tapas Bar at 419 State Street on a report of a CO leak in the basement. Everyone inside had already evacuated when firefighters arrived. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 1:49:46 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
A 29-year-old man has been charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide for shooting his girlfriend to death and setting their Princeton home on fire to destroy evidence, according to a newly released criminal. On March 13, Princeton Police were called to a fire at 103 South Farmer Street. They arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the upstairs of the home. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 9:42:47 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: After two people have turned down the job to become Altoona's first, full-time fire chief, a decision is made to extend the offer to a third candidate. In February, the job was offered to Chad Peterson. He turned it down citing family obligations. On April 5th, the commission decided to offer the job to James Cleveland. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 7:19:44 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News
A Wisconsin State Patrol officer was killed early Tuesday near Wisconsin Dells when his patrol car crashed on Interstate 90/94 near mile marker 89. The trooper was identified late Tuesday morning as Anthony J. Borostowski of Tomah. Borostowski reportedly lost control of his patrol car and it veered off the highway into a ditch, hitting a nearby tree. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 2:12:11 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Dells-Events
The La Crosse Common Council heard recommendations on improvements to and rebuilding of the four existing fire stations and a possible new fifth station Tuesday night from the design team Five Bugles during the council’s planning meeting. Owner and principal Steve Gausman and senior emergency services specialist Ed Mishefske with Five Bugles, a design company with Architectural Design Group in Eau Claire, Wis. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 1:42:51 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune
VIDEO: The La Crosse Fire Department is entering the final stages in its search for a new fire chief. Current Chief Gregg Cleveland announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly 11 years on the job. Tuesday morning, The La Crosse Police and Fire Commission, along with Mayor Tim Kabat and the city's human resources department, sat in on the interviews of the two finalists. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2017 4:03:01 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
Nearly six years after an Amherst garage was damaged by fire, one of its owners faces criminal charges. Online court records show Barbara Maslowski-Day will be charged with arson at her first court appearance on May 1. According to court documents, a neighbor reported the fire around 2 p.m. on May 18, 2011 at 8088 Standing Rocks Road in the Town of Stockton, near Amherst. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2017 2:18:56 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A smoky kitchen fire in an apartment building in Beaver Dam left 15 people injured early Tuesday morning, with five people needing to be rescued, several hanging out of second-floor windows. The fire was reported at 12:10 a.m. at a 24-unit, two-story apartment building on Lake Crest Drive, the Beaver Dam Fire Department said. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2017 5:51:07 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times
VIDEO: The La Crosse police and fire departments are working together to investigate a string of suspicious fires that they say could be arson. Fox 25/48's Erin O’Brien has more on the fires and why investigators say they could be connected. Ten fires over the last six months in La Crosse have police and firefighters wondering if they're all connected. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 8:23:17 PM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48
Several residents of a far east side duplex are temporarily displaced after a fire spread through the building Monday afternoon, officials said. Madison Fire Department spokesperson Bernadette Galvez said firefighters were called to the duplex in the 3800 block of Sunbrook Road at 3:02 p.m. for a report of a fire in the back of the home. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 8:21:53 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
VIDEO: Firefighters battled an electrical fire at Deluxe Plastics on Sunday night. The call came in around 10:00 p.m. for the Industrial Avenue business. When the fire department arrived on scene, they found smoky conditions inside the building. “With anything electrical related primarily to shut off power sources for safety purposes. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 6:18:42 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
VIDEO: Firefighters from the Mosinee Fire District are warning residents to burn with caution after a vehicle sparked a small grass fire in the Town of Knowlton. A vehicle traveling north on Highway 51 started on fire just after 5:00 p.m. Sunday night. The fire cause a small patch of grass on the side of the highway to burn. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 6:06:53 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
VIDEO: No one was hurt but two families have been displaced after a fire at an east side duplex Sunday afternoon. Janesville Battalion Chief Chris Lukas tells Channel 27 News firefighters responded to the house at 634 South Main around 12:30 to find a lot of smoke coming from the back of the building. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2017 7:34:33 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC