Wisconsin fire’s wrath was swift, severe
May 16, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer
Wisconsin NewsBARNES, Wis. Bob Gotelaere’s outhouse was still on fire Wednesday morning when he drove around roadblocks to check his home near Ellison Lake. Continue Reading
Stutsman County officials may consider a burn ban if conditions don’t improve, according to Jerry Bergquist, Stutsman County emergency manager. Fire departments within the county have fought 13 grass fires in the first 10 days of the May with the largest blackening about 60 acres.
Between 800 and 900 people attended the pancake breakfast fundraiser at the Hudson Fire Hall Sunday morning, April 14, in spite of the freezing rain and bitter wind.
A class of 15 began training to become full-fledged members of the River Falls Fire Department last month. Those recruits, who finished a screening process, boosted RFFD’s roster to about 55 members.
Some 70 firefighters from six departments spent several hours early Sunday fighting a house fire in an isolated development which overlooks the St. Croix River, just across from the City of Stillwater.
A shed, skidsteer, about 30 bales of hay and several other farm items were lost in a fire in New York Mills on Friday.
A barn fire in western Minnesota on Saturday morning killed about 1,800 hogs and caused nearly $700,000 in property damage, the Morris Fire Department reported. 
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