Officials in Oregon are providing new details into their response to a home explosion last Friday, and how much damage is left behind. Fire Chief Glenn Linzmeier said, in a release, 16 fire departments and four EMS agencies came to assist in a duplex explosion that damaged three homes but hurt no one.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 10:54:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

VIDEO: A daring rescue off a cliff at Peninsula State Park in Door County this weekend saved a woman’s life. She was in stable condition Monday after the difficult task of getting her safely off the cliff. Multiple agencies responded to make this rescue mission a success. Video shared by the Gibraltar Fire Department is just a glimpse of the treacherous rescue at the park in Door County after a 32-year-old woman fell from a parking lot on top of Eagle Bluff, landing on a ledge about 50 feet below.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 8:35:33 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski joined Wisconsin’s Afternoon News and said calls to crashes involving reckless driving are taking a toll on his firefighters. Lipski also noted the impact on regular people as well. “Many times, the ones in real trouble were not the ones driving recklessly,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 7:37:51 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

The six people found dead after an apartment fire in the village of Hartland Friday likely died in a murder-suicide incident. Hartland Police Chief Torin Misko said during a press conference Monday evening that all victims had one gunshot wound. He said Connor McKisick, who was a father and stepfather to the four kids, had a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 4:52:32 PM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

The Village of Hartland is mourning six people who died Friday morning after an apartment building was intentionally set on fire. The Hartland police chief said it's now a criminal investigation. The six killed in Friday's apartment fire that took place in Hartland were identified as being from the same family.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Three businesses were left damaged Sunday after a fire in downtown Brodhead. Crews were sent to the 1000 block of 1st Center Avenue at around 3:25 p.m. after multiple callers reported a fire. Police said that there were people living above one of the businesses, but they were able to get out safely.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

VIDEO: McKinney firefighters are investigating the cause of a large fire in Downtown on Sunday night. According to officials, the fire began just after midnight on North McDonald Street. Firefighters initially began fighting the blaze at a church on Wilcox. Several nearby homes were evacuated before the fire spread to a nearby house.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

VIDEO: After months of training, Lexington Firefighter class number 70 is ready to serve the city. This class has a unique story. For the first time in the department’s 151 years of service, a female recruit will follow in her father’s footsteps and become a Lexington Firefighter. In most cases, it’s the son who follows in his father’s firefighter boots.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington

Remington Embry, who graduated from Surry Community College’s first offering of the Firefighter Career & College Promise program, was recently hired as a full-time firefighter with Central Surry Volunteer Fire Department in Dobson. The statewide Career & College Promise (CCP) program gives juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn college credentials, tuition-free, while they are still in high school.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mount Airy News

VIDEO: Dozens of people gathered in Hastings Sunday afternoon to learn about a local Black church that was set on fire over a century ago. Nobody was ever charged in connection with the fire. The Hastings community came to First Presbyterian Church to remember history that happened blocks away. Building Remembrance for Reconciliation, nonprofit, organized the event called “Breaking the Silence: Remembering Brown’s Chapel AME.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 6 St. Paul

In late October 1947, residents of this small town on the Blue Hill Peninsula watched as ominous gray smoke rose high into the skies over Mount Desert Island. The summer had been bone dry—the state had only received about half its normal precipitation since the end of June—and a single careless spark might ignite a conflagration closer to home.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Press

A Sunday fire at Mr. G's Supper Club in Sturgeon Bay caused Wisconsin Highway 57, from between Loritz and Jorns roads, to be closed for about five hours, according to the Door County Sheriff's Office. The fire was reported to the Door Country Dispatch Center shortly before 12:15 p.m., Sergeant Thomas Lemke said.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2022 8:06:43 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette - Metered Site

According to a press release from Chippewa Falls Fire Chief Lee Douglas, the fire occurred in the upstairs apartments in the rear Every Buddy's Bar and Grill. Officials said just after 1 p.m., flames and heavy smoke were reported coming from the apartments. The fire was contained in under an hour, but displaced four tenants, who are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2022 4:40:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Door County firefighters rescued a woman who had fallen down a cliff at Peninsula State Park on Saturday, Oct 22. A Facebook post from Gibraltar Fire and Rescue detailed what happened. When the firefighters arrived on the scene, they realized additional resources were needed to extract the woman from her location successfully.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Emergency crews are on the scene of a home explosion in the village of Oregon. Dane County Dispatch told our sister station 27 News crews responded to the 800 block of Oregon Parks Avenue. Oregon Fire Chief Glen Linzmeier said they responded after public works employees notified them of an explosion around 8:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 7:18:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 9 Madison

Around $15,000 worth of damage was caused after a fire started in an Allouez resident’s kitchen. According to a release from the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, crews were sent to the 2000 block of Woodrow Way for a report of a kitchen fire. After arriving on the scene, firefighters from Station 8 were able to contain the fire in under five minutes.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 2:58:34 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV & WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

PHOTO/VIDEO: A press conference is being held regarding a fire in Hartland on Friday morning in a four-family apartment building that has been confirmed to kill seven individuals. Responders, including 15 fire departments and nine police departments responded, attempted to save individuals. Officials at the scene confirmed seven fatalities and said that the fire is an active criminal investigation.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Fire departments throughout Wisconsin will soon have the chance to safely dispose of firefighting foam containing toxic "forever chemicals" free of charge. The Department of Natural Resources announced the beginning of its foam collection program, which received $1 million in funding from the current state budget.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald - Metered Site

When it comes to fighting wildfires, every minute matters. This year, a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a system that can help detect them and alert NASA in just a matter of seconds. “This particular system that works with these satellites, our system is the only one that I know of in the United States that’s operating right now,” said Liam Gumley, UW Distinguished Scientist.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A stolen U-Haul went up in flames after a driver led police on a miles-long chase in west Houston early Wednesday morning, according to the Houston Police Department. This happened on the Westpark Tollway service road at Dairy Ashford. Houston Transtar cameras caught the end of the chase where the U-Haul truck caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston