A fire on Town Park Road destroyed a garage behind a residence just north of Sand Bay Road in the Town of Nasewaupee Wednesday morning. Nasewaupee Fire Department Captain Ken Doell says the department was dispatched to a structure fire around 11:00 a.m. with backup from the Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Brussels-Union-Gardner fire departments. He says the owner attempted to put out the fire with an extinguisher and suffered minor burns before firefighters doused the blaze quickly under less-than-ideal weather conditions.
Doell notes that the initial investigation shows that the fire started minutes after the owner left the building when he had put a buddy heater by his four-wheeler vehicle that had frozen up.
The three-stall garage is a complete loss as more than 6,000 gallons of water were needed to extinguish the fire. Firefighters were able to clear the scene shortly after 2:00 p.m.
