Residents displaced after fireplace at Beaver Dam residence

BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WMTV) – Residents of a Beaver Dam residence are displaced after a fireplace resulted in smoke and water harm to the constructing, firefighters said Tuesday.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Workplace stated a fireplace was reported on the second ground of a house simply after 8:40 a.m. on the five hundred block of Stone Road in Beaver Dam. The residents of the single-family residence had escaped earlier than firefighters received there.

When crews arrived, Beaver Dam Fireplace Division officers noticed mild smoking coming from the roof and labored to battle the fireplace instantly.

Firefighters positioned a hose line to the entrance door and entered the house, seeing what they described as “average smoke situations” on the constructing’s second ground. Firefighters extinguished a fireplace on the second-floor bed room, however famous the blaze had unfold to the attic of the house. They ultimately needed to reduce holes within the roof to place the fireplace out.

Nobody was damage on account of the fireplace, firefighters reported. The hearth division stated that St. Vincent De Paul helps the residents of the house with housing and necessities.

The reason for the fireplace remains to be beneath investigation.

The hearth division additionally reminded residents that working smoke alarms are pertinent to have in properties and urged anybody who wants one to name their company at 920-887-4609.

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