Two houses next to each other were devastated by fire on Tuesday afternoon in Algoma.  The Algoma Fire Department was called for a garage fire at about 1 pm at the corner of Arlington and Kirkland Avenue.   Assistant Fire Chief Tom Vandenack says the fire spread to the adjacent home and to the neighboring house on Kirkland Avenue.  He notes that the two families will be displaced and the American Red Cross is helping to relocate them.

The Algoma Fire Department, who received assistance from Southern Door, Kewaunee, Luxemburg, and Casco Fire Departments remained at the active fire scene for over four hours.  Vandenack adds that the cause of the fire has not been determined yet and no injuries were reported, other than a few firefighters suffering briefly from heat exhaustion.  

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Shortly before 2:00 PM on Tuesday, two houses next to each other went up in flames in Algoma and crews from multiple Kewaunee County agencies arrived on scene to combat the flames. The houses that caught fire are on the corner of Kirkland Avenue and Arlington Avenue. According to a nearby resident, no one was in the houses when the fire began. Crews from Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg, Southern Door, and Casco arrived on the scene. More details will be released as they are made available.