A TWO STORY HOUSE FIRE AT ELIZA AND JUDSON AT 3:45 THIS AFTERNOON! SMOKE WAS ROLLING FROM THE ATTIC AND ROOF OF THE HOUSE WHEN
FIREMEN ARRIVED. THERE WERE SOME FLAMES AT THE ROOF. ANDREW FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO BRING MANPOWER TO ASSIST IN PUTTING OUT THE FIRE.
THERE ARE TWO APARTMENTS IN THE HOME, WHICH IS OWNED BY DAN AND KAREN
BREITBACH. NO ONE WAS
HOME AT THE TIME OF THE
FIRE AND IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE, LOCATED
ON THE CORNER UP BY THE MAQUOKETA YOUTH CENTER BUILDING.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO TAKEN BY SHERI MELVOLD, KMAQ NEWS
DIRECTOR, FIREMEN USED AN AX AND CHAIN SAW TO BREAK GET INTO
THE HOUSE AND GET AT THE FIRE. FIREMEN WERE STILL AT HE SCENE
AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON.
TODAY'S (TUESDAY) DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY