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DRONE PHOTOS: First look at devastating fires in Kewaskum | Photos courtesy Property Restoration Professionals

 

April 30, 2018 – Photos of today’s house fire on Odawa Circle in Kewaskum are courtesy Property Restoration Professionals. The photos detail the tremendous amount of damage following a fire that raced through the home Monday afternoon.

More than a half dozen area fire departments are on scene at a structure fire, 845 Odawa Circle Kewaskum. The call came in around 2 p.m.

Odawa Circle is just south of County Highway H and west of Fond du Lac Avenue.

Kewaskum Fire Department is on scene along with Campbellsport, Boltonville, Kohlsville, Jackson, Beechwood, West Bend and Fillmore have rolled in for mutual aid.

Red Cross is also on scene and fire investigators have been summoned to the scene.

White plumes of smoke can be seen for miles as far as West Bend and I41.

 

A witness said a two-story gray house on Odawa Circle is completely destroyed. The garage of the house next door is also destroyed.

There is a third house fire on Edgewood and Jefferson Street.  The exact address is 429 Jefferson Street in Kewaskum.

 

Photos below courtesy Kevin Scheunemann

 

Photo courtesy Kevin Scheunemann

One witness said the fire may have started underneath the deck.

Two homes have been destroyed. At least three more sustained fire damage including melted siding.  The house across the street briefly caught fire.

It has been confirmed no one was home at the house where the fire originated.

Next door house was destroyed, however, investigation continuing to confirm no one home.

Authorities are searching at this time (4 p.m.) and talking to relatives to confirm homeowners are not home.

The house is in the direction of the smoke field and witnesses say embers from the Odawa Circle fire may have sparked the fire on Jefferson Drive.

So far no injuries have been reported.

 

There was also had a shed fire in Adell at 2:02 p.m. this afternoon; that fire is under control.

Fire officials are warning neighbors that the fire risk is ‘Very High’ today and encourage people to refrain from burning.

 

 

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