The first official fire call by the newly-formed Nasewaupee Fire Rescue was a reported dumpster fire Tuesday afternoon in Potawatomi State Park. Fire Chief Jacob Schartner says his crew along with a brush truck arrived at the group camping site within the park around 3:15 p.m. They were able to put out the blaze quickly inside the dumpster as well as some smoldering grass around the container caused by the radiant heat of the dumpster.
Schartner believes hot ashes from a campsite were the cause of the fire and reminds you to be careful of disposing of anything that may be hot inside a garbage receptacle. The Nasewaupee Fire Rescue Department left the scene at about 3:40 p.m.
