Plans to open an Algoma garage as a new business are on hold after a fire damaged the service area Sunday night.
Crews from the Algoma, Southern Door, and Kewaunee Fire Departments tended to the blaze just after 5 p.m. at the former Meyer’s Deep Rock gas station. One of the building’s owners was inside the building when the fire occurred and he had to be transported to a Green Bay hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation. Especially with wind chills well below zero, Algoma Fire Chief Tom Ackerman says the results of the fire could have been a lot worse.
No cause of the fire has been determined yet. Crews were able to get it under control in about 15 minutes and were back in service by 7:15 p.m. Melissa Chantrel, who is also one of the building’s owners, went to Facebook Sunday night to thank the Algoma Fire Department for their efforts and expressed her appreciation for the entire community. Plans were in the works to revive the building this spring and Chantrel still hopes to bring it back to life once they are able to take stock of the damage.
Photo courtesy of Kevin Naze
