A restaurant in the Town of Gardner will be without its outdoor pavilion for the foreseeable future after it caught fire Saturday night. The first units responded to Rouer's Roadhouse just after 8 p.m. to reports of flames shooting outside of its outdoor pavilion.
According to Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Chief Curt Vandertie, the first engine crew performed an aggressive exterior attack with a section of the building fully engulfed. Crews knocked down the flames in approximately 10 minutes. They then entered the building, finding and extinguishing fire that extended into the roof line as the fire moved along the ceiling traveling the length of the building.
Vandertie says an electrical fire cannot be ruled out after it was learned that no one had been in the structure during the previous 24 hours. There were no injuries, but the bar area in the building suffered major fire, smoke, and water damage as a result of the blaze. In addition, items including freezers, ATV, UTV, skid steer, boat and other items also sustained some damage during the incident.
In addition to nine units from the BUG Fire Department, the Fire Departments of Southern Door, Nasewaupee, Sturgeon Bay and Luxemburg, Door County EMS, Door County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin Public Service and Door County 911 Communications Center all assisted in the initial call that was cleared by 10:15 p.m. Egg Harbor Fire Department assisted with the on scene investigation. The Casco Fire Department provided stand by coverage at BUG Station 1.
You can find pictures of the fire here on the business' Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02L5NjfD5JKxmqdEigwnVa4s7y5UovU9dMZjwHaWFiyqeC3eUSKDeivtFfmHdrpMpRl&id=100028871516389&mibextid=Nif5oz
