A second grass fire in Door County, only a few hours apart, required the Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department to respond to a blaze off of County Road D in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon.  BUG Fire Department Captain Bryan Jeanquart said when crews arrived around 3 p.m., a large trash pile was on fire, and flames were spreading toward the house on the property. He says they were able to knock down the blaze that got within ten feet of the home.

Jeanquart notes that about one and a half acres of land burned and that the fire originated from a burning barrel where embers escaped. The BUG Fire Department was assisted by the Southern Door Fire Department, which was on the scene for a little more than an hour. The other fire in Egg Harbor earlier in the day was also caused by debris burning and was contained quickly by the Egg Harbor Fire Department. According to the DNR, the fire danger is at a high level for Door and Kewaunee counties.