Some fraying wires near the roof line of Midwest Wire Products in Sturgeon Bay are to blame for a small fire Monday night. The Sturgeon Bay Fire Department was called to the scene just after 8:40 p.m. to the far southwest-side business for reports of smoke and flames coming from the building’s gutters near a gas line. Crews quickly extinguished the flames before going inside to see if the fire extended into the interior of the building. They did not find any other signs of an ongoing fire, even after pulling down some insulation and poking holes into the roof. Sturgeon Bay Interim Fire Chief Kalin Montevideo says some fraying wires near the gutter likely sparked, igniting the materials in the gutter.

The building was closed for the day, so no one was inside when the fire occurred. Montevideo says the building’s owners and maintenance personnel were on the scene with the firefighters to assess the damage and determine how to make repairs. Nasewaupee and Southern Door fire departments responded to the fire but were quickly sent back after the fire was quickly put out. Montevideo says crews were on the scene for over an hour.