UPDATE: Several roads, bridges remain closed in Vernon County
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Bridges out, roads closed due to high water in Vernon County
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Coon Valley firefighters extinguish blaze engulfing semi-tractor cab
July 26, 2021 7:59 PM
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The semi-tractor cab was on fire fire at the intersection of County Hwy. B and County Hwy. KK. (Coon Valley Fire Department photo)
COON TOWNSHIP, Wis. (WKBT) The Coon Valley Fire Department extinguished a blaze that ruined a semi-tractor cab shortly after noon Monday in Coon Township.
The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center paged the fire department at about 12:15 p.m. about the fire at the intersection of County Hwy. B and County Hwy. KK.
The cab was engulfed in flames when the fire crews arrived, but all units Engine 1, Squad 1 and Tender 1 were clear within about an hour, according to a news release.
Fire destroys workshop in the Town of Kickapoo
July 24, 2021 3:54 PM
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TOWN OF KICKAPOO, Wis. (WKBT) – A fire destroyed a workshop in the Town of Kickapoo Friday, according to a news release from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office.
Crews were dispatched at about 8:52 a.m. Friday to a large structure fire at S8335 McKittrick Ln. in the Town of Kickapoo.
It was determined the fire started around a diesel motor in the workshop and quickly spread throughout the building.
Sheriff John Spears says fire crews were on scene for about five hours.
The workshop is a total loss.
The Readstown, Viroqua, Viola, Richland Center, La Farge and Soldiers Grove fire departments, as well as Readstown Emergency Medical Service all assisted at the scene.