The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to a fire on Allouez Avenue around 2:00 p.m. Thursday. First responders were told there was a fire in an exterior wall with white smoke showing. Upon arrival, crews found burned wood chips extended into the wall. A fire actively burned behind the building’s exterior siding.
Crews worked to put out the fire and remove steel siding to prevent the fire from spreading further into the building. The fire department reminds all to use non-combustible containers for smoking materials, and to confirm materials are completely extinguished before disposal.
Green Bay Metro Fire estimates $5,000 in damages to the building. Although the fire department has yet to determine the official cause of the fire, it suspects careless disposal of smoking materials could be the cause.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
