The Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department responded to a home fireplace in a single day, Monday, September 4, 2023 within the 200 block of north Military Avenue.
Just after 1:30 AM, Jeff and Stephanie Albers awoke to the sound of their home’s smoke alarm going off. Running downstairs they noticed the breezeway separating their home and storage totally engulfed in flames.
The Albers grabbed their two kids and have been capable of exit the home.
Upon arrival, fireplace crews encountered heavy fireplace situations displaying from the breezeway of the one household residence. The fireplace rapidly unfold up the aspect of the home and made its approach into the second flooring and to the attic. Crews rapidly began extinguishing the fireplace, however not earlier than it brought on in depth injury to each ranges of the home and storage.
Stephanie Albers sifts via the charred stays in her kids’s rooms the place simply hours earlier they have been sleeping when a hearth broke out in the home.
Two dogs have been unaccounted for in the course of the fireplace. Firefighters have been capable of finding one of many dogs lifeless and started to carry out lifesaving efforts on it. That canine was capable of be revived whereas the opposite, in addition to some pet birds perished within the fireplace.
Friends of the Albers have been available with them early Monday morning sifting via the charred stays of the home, salvaging what they might.
The Red Cross was available to help the household.
Jeff Albers (proper) talks with American Red Cross members who have been available to help Albers and his household after fireplace severely broken their home in a single day.
The Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department mentioned this fireplace exhibits the significance of getting working smoke detectors within the home. “The smoke detectors are what woke the residence and alerted them to the fire. They were able to safely exit the home without injury.”
The reason behind the fireplace is underneath investigation. Fond du Lac Police assisted with scene administration and visitors management. Alliant Energy was known as to the scene to safe fuel and electrical utilities. Critter Junction Pet Rescue was known as to the scene to help with the household pets. City water utilities have been known as to the scene to close off water to the home.
