SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – The recent drop in temperatures reduced the state’s risk of wildfires — but not everywhere.
The DNR says the state’s mid-section still has a high fire danger Monday morning, along with much of the southeast quarter of Wisconsin. Low to moderate wildfire risks are reported everywhere else.
Sunday, a 61-year-old man burned his legs in a Sheboygan County grass fire in the town of Lyndon. He was taken to a Milwaukee burn center after the blaze, in which firefighters were called around 2 p.m.
In Shawano County, authorities reported two sizable grass fires in the Green Valley area. At the same time, it was still cold enough to rescue people from frigid waters.
In Waupaca County, a 73-year-old New London man spent about 10 minutes in an icy White Lake before paramedics took him to a hospital to be checked out. Two fishermen heard the man yell, and they pulled him into their boat.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)