A barn caught fire Monday in Chippewa County east of Colfax. Firefighters responded to the fire at about 3:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Highway T and Highway B near the town of Howard, according to the Chippewa Fire District. Multiple fire crews responded. Firefighters were still on scene as of 9:30 p. - PUB DATE: 2/28/2017 2:25:12 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
VIDEO: While full-time career firefighters are out on a call, other emergencies still need to be covered. Sometimes those are handled by volunteer or paid-on-call positions. However, area fire departments say those positions are becoming more and more difficult to retain. "Families are just too busy these days," said Assistant Chief Troy Gudie of the Onalaska Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2017 8:37:48 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse
VIDEO: In the past year Beloit Fire Department has responded to more than 400 calls compared to the previous year. Just last month, they saw a 100 call increase. The Beloit fire chief says aging baby boomers, flu season and people that may not have health insurance are all contributing factors to the spike in calls. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2017 5:39:41 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: Ten people were displaced because of an apartment building fire on the east side of Madison Sunday night. Dane County Communications tells 27 News the call about a fire at 743 North Thompson Drive came in just before 11 p.m. Sunday. Callers told officials there was smoke in the back of the building on the second floor. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2017 5:19:39 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC
VIDEO: An afternoon house fire has left four people in search of a new home. The fire started just before noon on Sunday in the 800 block of Ridge Road in Green Bay. When firefighters arrived heavy smoke was coming from the home. Five additional units were called to the scene to help battle the blaze. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2017 7:16:16 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
VIDEO: Firefighters estimate 70-thousand dollars of damage to an Eau Claire home after a fire last night. The fire broke out around 9:30 last night in the one-thousand block of summit street on Eau Claire’s north side. Then crews arrived, they found smoke and fire coming from the home. According to Eau Claire fire and rescue, the main fire was knocked down; however, crews stayed on scene throughout the night to monitor conditions. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2017 8:01:21 PM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48
VIDEO: No one was hurt during an early morning fire in the village of Bellevue on Saturday. Fire crews were called to a home in the 3100 block of Warm Springs Drive at 2:15 a.m. Chief Jack Mlnarik with Bellevue Fire and Rescue says fire was coming out of the chimney of the home and when firefighters began to make entry, they heard a loud explosion and backed away. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2017 7:36:01 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay
Authorities suspect that lightning may have sparked several house fires in southeast Wisconsin early Friday morning. The first was reported at about 2 a.m. on the 1700 block of Rockridge Way in Waukesha. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find people already outside and a small fire at the front of the home, on the second floor above the porch, a department spokesman said. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2017 7:46:23 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
Despite the danger and disruption to property owners and renters, a couple of recent structure fires turned out to be proving grounds of the Holmen Area Fire Department reorganization and its improved ability to respond. At the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board’s Feb. 16 meeting, Assistant Chief Bill Bulawa reported on the fire department’s response to a kitchen fire in the town of Holland and its assistance to the Onalaska Fire Department when that department was battling an apartment complex fire. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2017 2:47:09 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life
Barn 23, a well-known Dodgeville landmark is destroyed after a fire last night leaving fire crews investigating and many reminiscing on what was once a popular bar and restaurant. "It really gets ya thinking,” said Thomas Davies. "When I was a youngster in grade school, this was a dairy farm and they had dairy cattle. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 9:06:58 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
A Portage woman who has been in jail since December, accused of attempted arson, will have to wait another 30 days before her attorney can address what she said are underlying mental health issues. Linda Fuller, 58, is charged with felony attempted arson of a building, criminal damage to property and two counts of bail jumping following an incident on the evening of Dec. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 6:56:25 PM - SOURCE: wisc news
VIDEO: Muddy ground made it hard early Thursday morning for fire trucks to get into a driveway of a home on fire. Fire crews fought the fire for at least three hours, citing the ground conditions and age of the home as reasons it was difficult to extinguish, according to Rosholt Fire District. One person at the house made it out safely before crews arrived, according to officials at the scene. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 6:39:53 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau
VIDEO: The Dodgeville Fire Chief tells 27 News it's still too early to say whether the fire at Barn 23 is considered suspicious or not. They will investigate all possibilities. Fire Chief Brian Whitehouse says still, an Iowa County arson investigation team will be working with the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation to look into the fire, due to the value of the property. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27
Federal investigators found thousands of child pornography images on a tablet computer seized from a Milwaukee firefighter, court records show.
Robert Rutley, 44, told investigators he had been interested in child pornography for more than a decade and had begun downloading it at work after a relative caught him doing it at home, according to a federal arrest warrant affidavit. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
VIDEO: Donald Powis didn’t plan to be at Merrick State Park near Fountain City, Wisconsin on Friday afternoon. The 69-year-old social worker was planning to do a little fishing, but roughly 300 miles away from the shores along Fountain City Bay. The avid angler was preparing to try and reel in some brown trout. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison
VIDEO: The busiest fire engine company in Wisconsin is back open for business. Fire Station 13 at 30th and Locust in Milwaukee reopened Wednesday morning with heightened security after somebody used it for target practice last week. Battalion Chief Dan Lipski tells CBS 58's Julie Parise that morale is high. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2017 8:29:14 PM - SOURCE: Telemundo Milwaukee,WI
VIDEO: From the Trestle Trail shooting in Menasha to the San Bernardino terrorist attack in California, active shooter incidents can happen in any community. A conference happening this week in Fond du Lac is educating law enforcement, fire and EMS on the response. For the first time in Wisconsin, hundreds of police officers, firefighters and paramedics are gathering to learn the importance of training together on how they’ll respond to active shooter situations in their communities. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2017 5:00:34 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
An early Wednesday morning fire that appears to have started from a gas grill, on a deck being left on, has resulted in between $115,000 and $130,000 damage to a single-family home at 210 S. Pontiac Drive, said Janesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Lukas. Homeowners grilled out about 6 p.m. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2017 7:17:40 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette
VIDEO: An overnight fire destroyed an apartment building in Berlin, leaving four families without homes. The fire happened on Quarry Street, on the Berlin’s east side. The City of Berlin Police Department says flames had spread throughout the four-unit apartment building by the time fire crews responded about 8:00 Tuesday night. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2017 2:19:27 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
City fire and emergency medical staff are concerned over the steadily increasing volume of fire and medical calls. The Beloit Fire Department responded to 5,431 total calls in 2016, compared to 5,036 in 2015. The most common types of calls fielded over the two years stemmed from difficulty breathing to reports of chest pains and fire alarm responses. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2017 1:45:22 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News
