According to the Caledonia Fire Department, a fire engulfed a barn and spread to nearby buildings and a field Tuesday afternoon.
**Story updated 4:25 pm An explosion that caused a barn to go up in flames resulted in the total loss of the barn. Flames also spread to a nearby field, but that fire was contained and extinguished less than an hour after fire fighters arrived on scene. The Caledonia Fire Department responded to a call about afire in a barn and adjacent buildings in the 8700 block of Nicholson Road. Members of the Oak Creek Fire Department were called in to assist with the fire in the field across the street. Officials say the fire was reported at 3:27 Tuesday afternoon, and produced two fire locations; a barn and side buildings. By 4:10 pm, the barn was a total loss, but the nearby field was under control and nearly extinguished. Nicholson Road remains …
They wanted to get rid of the barn and tried to get a permit, but the Caledonia Fire Department said no and the barn was set on fire anyway.
UPDATE: Michael Fehlberg, 47, of Mt. Pleasant, was cited for numerous ordinance violations totaling about $3,000 after he intentionally set a barn on fire so that he could clear it from a property. According to a report by the Caledonia Police Department, Fehlberg doesn’t own the property, but he was contracted by the property owner, David Horvath, to oversee the development of the property. Horvath told police he asked Fehlberg to remove the barn, but he didn’t know Fehlberg intended to burn it down. Fehlberg started the fire with gasoline. He had the gas can sitting about 50 feet away from the fire. To combat the fire, he had a garden hose and large water tank in a truck to combat the fire, but the fire was too large for the equipment to…
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Denise Lockwood
8:36 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Totally agree with you Chaplain John... Both CFD and CPD truly serve their communities. more ›