A small brush fire in the Town of Gibraltar on Saturday reminded you of the changing conditions in Door County. The Gibraltar Fire Department responded to the small grass fire near Triangle Road just before 10:40 a.m. The homeowner was burning some brush when loose embers got away from the pile, setting some nearby grass on fire. They contacted the fire department when the blaze got bigger than they could handle. Gibraltar Fire Chief Andy Bertges says that quick realization made a potentially long call into about seven minutes.

Bertges advises residents to monitor weather conditions and the DNR's Fire Danger map. Door, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc counties, along with eight others in north central Wisconsin, are at a moderate risk for forest fires. Nearly a dozen are at a low fire risk, while the rest of the state is at a high risk. With warmer temperatures and windy conditions on tap for the rest of the week, Bertges would not be surprised if the level was raised in the coming days.