December 12, 2024 – Fond du Lac Co., WI – On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at approximately 5:49 p.m., the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a 911 call from a property owner reporting that a detached garage was on fire at W11079 Davis Road in the Township of Springvale.
The Rosendale Fire Department along with fire departments from Lamartine Fire, Eldorado Fire, Brandon-Fairwater Fire, Waupun Fire, RIT 1, Ripon Ambulance, and Deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched. When emergency personnel arrived on scene the garage was emitting heavy smoke.
Due to the quick response of the fire departments the fire was extinguished before substantial damage was causedto the building and items inside.
The 26’x 80’ garage sustained damage to the wood frame roof. Damage to items inside was limited.
The property owner, Michael Montey, advised deputies that he had stoked a wood stove inside the garage earlier in the evening, he then left the property. Upon returning he discovered a wood pile near the stove had caught fire in the garage.
There were no reports of citizen or emergency personnel injured during the course of the fire. At this time, the fire is not suspicious in nature.