MILWAUKEE – Hundreds of firefighters are battling a fire at a Burlington-based food factory that has burned for more than 36 hours. Crews have contained the fire, but have been working on hot spots in sub-zero temperatures. “Conditions are terrible when it gets like this,” explained Joseph Robbins of the Williams Bay Fire Department to TODAY’S […]

Not Just Another Fire was created as an effort to promote interest and education in fire service activities that go beyond the scope of the day-to-day or “bread and butter” operations. Firefighting is in my blood. My small Indiana farming community has been served by a volunteer fire department that has been in existence for […]

80 fire departments battle 8-alarm blaze in Wisconsin. More than 300 firefighters and paramedics from 80 departments across two states battled an 8-alarm fire overnight at Echo Lake Farms Produce Company in Burlington, Wis. The fire broke that out about 6:05 p.m. Wednesday was still smoldering this morning, with firefighters pouring water on hot spots, […]

Fire carnage at Black Forest camel farm in Germany A night-time blaze has swept through a camel farm in Germany’s Black Forest area, killing 86 animals but causing no human casualties, police say. Just five camels survived the fire at the farm near Stuttgart, where visitors have been coming for years to ride them and […]

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