CEDARBURG, Wis. (WFRV) – Multiple people are now without a home following a fire in Wisconsin Saturday night that required about 20 agencies to respond in order to put out the flames.
According to the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office, crews responded at 10:39 p.m. to the 500 block of Beechwood Drive in the Town of Cedarburg for reports of a fire.
Officers with the Cedarburg Police Department were the first to arrive at the home and attempted to put out the fire, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Several other agencies in the area, including multiple fire departments, were called in for assistance with the fire eventually being knocked down and extinguished.
Officials with the Cedarburg Fire Department say it took 2 hours to put out the flames, as there were no available fire hydrants in the area for crews to use. Over 75,000 gallons were used to put out the fire.
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While the home is said to be a total loss due to the fire, and one pet is unaccounted for, no one was hurt as the occupants of the home were all safely evacuated.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that the fire started in the chimney of the home and that the cause of the fire is not suspicious in nature.
The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the following agencies:
- Cedarburg Fire Department
- Port Washington Fire Department
- Ozaukee Central Fire Department
- Southern Ozaukee Fire Department
- Belgium Fire Department
- Waubeka Fire Department
- Fredonia Fire Department
- Newburg Fire Department
- West Bend Fire Department
- Jackson Fire Department
- Germantown Fire Department
- Richfield Fire Department
- Menomonee Falls Fire Department
- Fillmore Fire Department
- Slinger Fire Department
- St. Lawrence Fire Department
- Cedarburg Police Department
- WE Energies
- Wisconsin State Fire Marshal’s Office
- Ozaukee County Drone Team.
No other information is available at this time.
