There was a large barn fire in the Town of Brussels Tuesday evening. Just after 4:45PM, the Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department was paged for a structure fire on Star road, just east of N. Town Hall Road near Rosiere. Firefighters arrived to find a barn, approximately 100×40 feet in size, fully engulfed in flames, with a home 50 feet away. A MABAS call went out for assistance from the fire departments of Southern Door, Nasewaupee, Sturgeon Bay, Jacksonport, Sister Bay Liberty Grove, Egg Harbor, Casco, New Franken, Algoma, Kewaunee, Tisch Mills, Denmark, Carlton, and Luxemburg. Also on scene were the Door County Sheriff’s Office, Door County EMS, and Wisconsin Public Service. B.U.G. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Wautier explains their response upon arrival…
They were able to save some full-size pigs, piglets, and about 30 chickens, those animals secured in a different structure. An excavator assisted in the response after the barn’s metal roof collapsed. The nearby home suffered some heat damage to its exterior vinyl siding, but was otherwise unharmed.
With 2 water fill sites set up at B.U.G. Fire Station #1 on County C, firefighters had the flames knocked down and contained in under 40 minutes. Some animals did perish in the fire, including at least 5 goats and 6 pigs. The cause of the fire remains undetermined, but the point of origin appears to be in the west end of the barn where 2 heat lamps were being used to keep some baby goats warm. Given the available information, the cause of the fire does not appear to be suspicious. The barn, which has been on the property since 1940, was a total loss.
All response vehicles were able to clear the scene by 9:00 pm, and there were no human injuries involved.
