EGG HARBOR - Investigators are still working to determine the cause of a Saturday afternoon fire that inflicted approximately $900,000 in estimated damages to a 6,800-square-foot waterfront home and called on nine Door County fire departments, along with firefighters from three departments outside the county, to extinguish the blaze.
According to a press release from the Egg Harbor Fire Department, the department was dispatched at 2:51 p.m. for a fire on the roof of the single-family home at 8213 White Cliff Road, on the bay of Green Bay shore about half a mile north of Harbor Drive.
The Auto Aid system paged units from Northern Door County, and shortly after the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) was raised to the second alarm level, then to the third, which brought resources from MABAS divisions in Kewaunee and Brown counties.
The Egg Harbor crew arrived within minutes and found heavy smoke coming out of the second-floor eaves of the two-story home. Firefighters attacked the fire aggressively from the inside, but it broke through the roof area, at which point all crews were removed from the building and an aerial master stream of water was used to extinguish most of the fire.
Firefighters then reentered the building where the fire was still alive in the attic area. They opened ceiling areas and walls to gain access to hidden fire. The blaze was deemed under control at 4:50 p.m., and all units were clear of the scene by 10:13 p.m.
About 50,000 gallons of water were used to extinguish the fire. A fill site was established at Egg Harbor Marina by the Gibraltar and Sister Bay/Liberty Grove fire departments to replenish the fire tender trucks.
No injuries were reported to occupants of the home or fire and rescue personnel. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Tuesday evening by the Egg Harbor Fire Department with the assistance of the Wisconsin State Fire Marshal's Office.
The press release from the Egg Harbor department said the estimated damage is approximately $900,000. Door County records show the property had an estimated fair market value of $3.9 million.
Responding to the blaze along with the Egg Harbor department were the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, Ephraim, Gibraltar, Baileys Harbor, Jacksonport, Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door, Naswaupee and Brussels-Union-Gardner (BUG) fire departments from Door County along with the Algoma Fire Department from Kewaunee County and the New Franken and Howard departments from Brown County. Also responding were Door County EMS, Door County Sheriff’s Office, Baileys Harbor Constable, Gibraltar Police, Gibraltar Town Maintenance and Door County MABAS Incident Response Team.
C ontact Christopher Clough at 920-562-8900 or cclough@gannett.com.
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