Members of the Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department spent about an hour and a half fighting multiple grass fires near the Brussels hill Tuesday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Wautier says the initial call indicated that there were three small fires in an area off the highway between County H and School Road…
Wautier says there was concern for a time that the fire might spread to a wooded area…
Assistant Chief Wautier estimated that about 3,000 gallons of water was needed to put out the wind-driven fires. He says a little bit of rain would be helpful, given the dry conditions in some parts of Door County.
