The condition of a 67-year-old Kewaunee man is unknown after he was removed from his home following a fire Tuesday.
According to Kewaunee Deputy Police Chief Dustin Smidle, Kewaunee County Dispatch received a call just before 3 p.m. from a woman who was passing by and noticed a home on Ellis Street on fire. She and two other passersby stopped and joined members of the Kewaunee Police, Fire and Rescue departments in assisting the homeowner’s son in getting his father out of the home.
Firefighters were able to enter the home and extinguish the fire, limiting the damage to a bedroom where the fire started, an exterior wall and the attic. The fire is believed to have started from smoking materials combined with pressurized oxygen.
No injuries were reported, though the homeowner, his son, a Kewaunee police officer and a cat were treated for smoke inhalation. The homeowner’s pets were turned over to his wife, who was not home at the time.
