Fond du Lac dumpster fire damages two Ellis Street homes, displaces residents
FOND DU LAC - A dumpster fire with an unknown cause damaged two homes on Ellis Street Sunday night, Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue said.
A passersby on Ellis Street alerted 911 and residents when they saw the fire, the fire department said. Three residents in one home were evacuated before the fire crews arrived at around 6:37 p.m. Sunday.
When first responders arrived, the dumpster fire was spreading to one house's siding and attic. The house was 4 feet away from the dumpster, while a second house was only 8 feet away, the fire department said.
The fire was extinguished within 15 minutes. However, by the time crews finished putting it out, one home was severely damaged while the other had some minor burns on the exterior soffit, the fire department said.
No injuries were reported to fire crews, the fire department said, though the Red Cross is helping some of the residents who were displaced from their home. No monetary estimate of the damage was available.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Contact Rebecca Loroff at 920-907-7801 or rloroff@gannett.com.
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