One firefighter was injured and a home sustained extensive damage in a fire in West Allis

1 firefighter was wounded, and a house sustained extensive problems, in a fire that broke out in West Allis.

At 7:58 p.m. Thursday, the West Allis Hearth Department responded to a connect with about a fire at a solitary-household home at 8916 W. Beloit Road, West Allis Assistant Hearth Chief Jay Scharfenberg stated in an e-mail.

That’s just north of in which Beloit Street joins West Oklahoma Avenue.

The fire appeared to have commenced on the home’s exterior, on a backyard deck, and distribute into the initially ground, second ground, and attic in the rear of the house, Scharfenberg claimed.

The West Allis Fireplace Division gained aid from the Milwaukee, Greenfield and Wauwatosa departments, with a full of 37 firefighters responding.

A single firefighter suffered burn injuries to his hand, Scharfenberg said.

The firefighter, a West Allis captain, labored through the incident but was relieved from responsibility later on so he could seek out treatment at a health care facility.

Scharfenberg explained the firefighter will thoroughly get better.

The house is not inhabitable, Scharfenberg stated. It will require restoration of the rear rooms and roof in addition to electrical do the job.

The dwelling is owned by Phillip Literski and Ann Richer, in accordance to on the internet Milwaukee County house tax information.

Crews experienced the blaze below command by 8:32 p.m., but firefighters continued to operate till 10:12 p.m. to open up partitions, ceilings, and roof places to expose and extinguish modest pockets of fire in the structural spaces.

The result in stays less than investigation, but Scharfenberg reported most fires that get started on exterior decks and porches are triggered by poor disposal of smoking supplies or charcoal.

“A cigarette butt or lump of charcoal that seems to have been extinguished can conveniently make heat over time that eventually causes burning of deck boards, siding, and many others. or melting of a plastic container that retains it,” he stated. “We are trying to remind all people in our local community to be positive that cigarette butts and charcoal are disposed of in metal containers that are not established on or close to combustible surfaces.”

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