The Neillsville Fire Department responded to a barn fire early this morning. According to Neillsville’s Fire Chief, they received a call around 4:18am this morning about a barn fire at W3433 Ridge Road in the Township of Grant. When they arrived, the barn was fully engulfed. They worked jointly with the Granton Fire Department as the fire was on the border of Neillsville and Granton’s service area, but Neillsville got paged to the fire as well.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 11:50:57 AM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM Central Wisconsin Broadcasting

One person is dead and four firefighters suffered injuries after a car crashed into the back of a fire truck early Saturday morning in Vermilion. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, crews were responding to a separate rollover crash on State Route 2 near Baumhart Road around 3:12 a.m. when a Honda Insight slammed into the rear of the engine.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland

VIDEO: The Abilene Fire Department said an early morning fire at an apartment complex was intentionally set. Kevin Earl Spurlock, 31, is charged with arson and terror threat of family or household. His bond has not yet been set. The fire at the Briarwood Apartments started around 6:15 a.m. Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTXS-TV ABC 12 Abiline

About 10 p.m. on the night of Feb. 8, 1933, guests staying on the fourth floor of the Millard Hotel in downtown Omaha began to notice flames licking out of windows on floors below. Minutes later, the hotel’s lights went dark. By 10:04 p.m., the first alarms were called into Omaha fire stations, according to World-Herald archives.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald

The newest Franklin firefighter is the second female firefighter in the city’s history, and the first in a while. Diversity is a priority of the Franklin Fire Department, and one that is starting to come to fruition. Casey Whitaker is not new to Franklin or public safety. She worked for Seals Ambulance Service since 2016, and was an EMT for nine years.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal

The mutant coronavirus strain first identified in the United Kingdom remains at low levels in the United States but is doubling its reach approximately every 10 days, according to a study published by researchers on Sunday. The study bolstered modeling done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which predicted last month that the more contagious variant could be the dominant strain in the U.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC

Two families were displaced after a fire damaged their home in Sheboygan on Saturday. The Sheboygan Fire Department responded around noon to smoke coming from the second floor of the home in the 1500 block of Oakland Avenue Saturday. The fire started in the basement and spread to the first and second floors, according to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2021 5:44:32 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

A Sunday morning fire in a garage in the city of Rice Lake has caused an estimated $80,000 in damage. According to a news release from the Rice Lake Fire Department: At about 7 a.m. Sunday, firefighters were sent to the structure fire at 1515 Haugen Ave. All occupants were reported to be out of the residence.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2021 2:56:49 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

A home, garage and vehicles are considered a total loss by law enformcemet after a residential fire in the Town of Beloit Saturday evening. The Town of Beloit and City of Beloit Fire Departments, as well as an Aerial Truck from the City of Janesville Fire Department, responded to a home on E. Valley Road for an attached garage fire just before 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2021 11:46:24 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Smoke could be seen for miles around as a large fire blazed at a Waukesha County business company on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 6. From Delafield to Milwaukee, the smoke was spotted as it poured from Innovative Signs near Springdale and Doral in the Town of Brookfield. A manager of Innovative Signs said no one was working in the building Saturday and, thankfully, they are not aware of any injuries to employees.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2021 5:13:01 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Fire crews were called to an apartment fire near 25th and Wells shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday. An apartment inside a multi-unit apartment building was on fire, according to police. A 22-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital. One firefighter was also transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to MFD Fire Chief Lipski.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2021 4:37:54 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Four people were hospitalized — two of which with critical injuries — after a fire on Milwaukee’s south side early Friday morning. Fire crews were called to the 1900 block of West Burnham Street, in the Muskego Way neighborhood, shortly before 2 a.m. They spent about 40 minutes battling a heavy fire that spread to two residential structures as temperatures fell into the teens and wind gusts reached nearly 30 miles an hour.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

First responders worked to rescue dozens of stranded ice fishermen from three different spots near Sturgeon Bay. A total of 66 people were retrieved after the ice floes detached Thursday morning, according to Lt. j.g. Phillip Gurtler of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard received a call about the stranded fishermen at about 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

A rash of apartment fires in Milwaukee and across the state displaced more than 500 people in January alone, leaving the American Red Cross of Wisconsin in dire need of additional resources to help them. Officials with the Red Cross and the city of Milwaukee held a news conference Thursday to appeal to the public for help after 68 fires displaced 519 people in the region last month.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: Videos and photos are circulating of the historic Mason County Courthouse engulfed in flames. County Judge Jerry Bearden said the building is destroyed. In the overnight hours of Feb. 5, multiple volunteer fire departments including the Brady Fire Department were called to Mason County to respond to "multiple structure fires" including the Mason County Courthouse, the Brady Fire Department said on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

I have no doubt we've all done it. We're watching a movie or TV show and they're doing something that we personally know really well. Maybe you're a dancer and this person is supposed to be a prima ballerina and you're thinking, "Nope. No way." Maybe you pitched in college and watch an actor try to throw a fastball and you can't help but laugh.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

The Spokane Fire Department is finding new ways to connect with families during COVID. They've recently launched a new webpage to teach young kids about fire safety. It's like a virtual classroom, with icons and avatars for kids to click on. Jamie McIntyre, with the Spokane Fire Department, says firefighters really value that one-on-one connection they can have with the community.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

A Black Firefighters Association fundraiser in Indianapolis starts with t-shirt sales, but it ends with big dreams of owning the property right next door to their headquarters. Capt. Corey Floyd serves as the recruitment officer for the Indianapolis Fire Department. He is also president of the Black Firefighters Association, which was created back in 1992 to help people of color at IFD fight against injustices and equality.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis

Frightening coronavirus variants have found footing in the U.S. Experts caution that the worst may still be yet to come. Super Bowl watch parties could be the next superspreader event. This is, without question, not the time to let one’s guard down. And yet, the COVID-19 picture in America at this moment in time is vastly improved from what it was just a few weeks ago.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Intelligencer - Metered Site

A Town of Washington home is considered a total loss after a fire Thursday afternoon. According to a news release, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office and Hillpoint and Loganville fire departments responded to a possible chimeny fire on West Hillpoint Road around 4:10 p.m. The release said a caller reported smoke visible near the roof of the home.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 11:04:35 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison