MOUNT CALVARY, WI (WHBL/KFIZ) - Fire damaged a home on Fond du Lac County Highway G in Mt. Calvary Friday.
Mt. Calvary Fire Chief Mark Petrie says it appears the cause of the fire was electrical. “It originated from an electrical junction box, and it followed an open spot in the wall that we think was an old chimney, and it went right up into the first floor, which received most of the damage.”
Fire crews were able to put out the fire a short time later, but crews were called back to the home later in the day after the fire rekindled.
Petrie says there was fire, smoke and water damage. The house was being remodeled and no one was living in it. “He just got done painting it, and they were planning…they had stuff loaded in the truck that they were going to be moving in here probably within the next week.”
Overall, Petrie says his department and seven others, including some from Sheboygan County, did a good job battling the blaze to save the home. “Great team effort by all the mutual aid departments and we saved quite a bit of the structure, so it was a good job done by all.”