A child playing with a lighter in an attic area is the suspected cause of a house fire at 542 Iowa Street in Sturgeon Bay. The fire call came in at 10:30AM Monday & 8 units & 23 firefighters responded. Captain Tim Dietman, Sturgeon Bay Fire Department Assistant Chief, says the fire was on the second floor of the home owned by Dennis Starr & occupied by Stephanie Moroch & family…[audio:http://wdor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/N13021.mp3|titles=Captain Tim Dietman]
Captain Dietman was asked how much water it took to put out the blaze…[audio:http://wdor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/N13031.mp3|titles=Captain Tim Dietman]
Dietman says the second floor of the home sustained significant damage from the fire & the fact that walls & ceilings had to be pulled down during the firefighting operation. There was also heavy water damage on the first floor. Dietman explains while mutual aid was called in from the Southern Door Fire Department…[audio:http://wdor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/N13041.mp3|titles=Captain Tim Dietman]
Assistant Chief Dietman says two ambulances were on hand with additional personnel, the Sturgeon Bay Police Department responded & the American Red Cross helped the occupants of the home. Fire crews checked out at 2:08PM.
