Sturgeon Bay’s 3rd Avenue Playworks theater building had to be evacuated Wednesday night as firefighters responded to a dumpster fire in the alley behind the theater. The emergency call came in just after 9PM. Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Kalin Montevideo reports that her department sent their on-duty crew of two trucks with four firefighters to the scene…
After extinguishing the fire they examined the dumpster’s contents which appeared to be trash and some lumber debris. The cause of the fire remains undetermined. Despite being enclosed in the dumpster, Fire Chief Montevideo says fighting these types of fires can be dangerous…
All responders were able to clear the scene in approximately 20 minutes, and there were no injuries reported.
