Fond du Lac County Fire Departments Assist With 400 Acre Fire In Waushara County

***PHOTO PROVIDED BY TRACE FROST***

The DNR says about 400 acres of wildland as well as some buildings burned yesterday in the southwest corner of Waushara County. No official release has mentioned
how the fire started but a local scanner page in the area mentioned a vegetation fire out of control near the area of 6th and Cumberland near Coloma as the area where it started in the mid afternoon.

by 6PM, high winds and low humidity fueled the fire causing it to burn hundreds of acres as well as some structures. It’s unknown at this time if the structures were houses or
out buildings. The fire call grew to a 5th alarm MABAS call bringing in mutual aid from over 2 dozen departments. In Fond du Lac County, Eden, Campbellsport, Waupun, and Ripon sent crews to assist as did Brownsville from Dodge County.

The DNR also had as many as 13 engines and 10 pieces of heavy duty equipment working the scene per it’s webpage.

By 6:30, the fire jumped Highway 21 as it continued to spread north and east. Smoke from the fire could be seen on National Weather Service Radar as well as physically,
extending into Outagamie County.

By 9PM the DNR said the fire was 99% contained with only a few areas burning itself out south of the Mecan River and east of County Highway GG.

An earlier estimate of 800 acres burned had been rescinded by the DNR after they were able to do an ariel survey of the area burned.

Fond du Lac County departments that went to assist came back from the scene between 4:30 and 5:30 this morning.