Fire damages porch overnight on Fond du Lac house

Local law enforcement and the City of Fond du Lac Fire Rescue made a quick stop to a fire on a porch on a house Monday night, September 16, 2024.

At midnight, an off duty City of Fond du Lac Police Officer came across the fire in the 100 block of south Seymour Street. The officer called the fire into dispatch and proceeded to notify the sleeping residents of the house.

Within minutes, two nearby County Sheriff’s deputies and the fire department were on scene. The deputies knocked the fire down with fire extinguishers while the fire department finished up the job.
The fire was put out before it had a chance to do anything other than some exterior damage to the house.

The fire department says that without the quick notification of the fire by the officer, it could have been much worse. Fire officials are working to determine the cause of the fire.