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Fire
Chris Carbon, Fire Chief

Structure Fire Displaces 7

  • Location

    Cimarron Trail
    Madison, WI 53719

  • Incident Date

    Dispatch: Apr. 16, 2024 - 9:57pm
    Arrival: Apr. 16, 2024 - 10:06pm
    Controlled: Apr. 16, 2024 - 10:16pm

  • Incident Type

    Structure

43.0209037, -89.5100406

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Updates

The MFD Fire Investigation Team has concluded this fire was likely the result of a lightning strike. Strong thunderstorms were moving through the area at the time of the incident. Initial reports from occupants indicated a television in the home "blew up" and started on fire. Engine 7's crew entered the residence and found the TV and the wall on which it was mounted in the living room had received significant damage. The drywall above the fireplace was blown off, exposing studs and insulation in the wall and exterior chimney space. There was a small amount of smoke and flames, which firefighters extinguished with a water can extinguisher.

Firefighters proceeded to the basement, where they found worsening smoke conditions and flames. Engine 7 cooled the space as they advanced to the seat of the fire, and the fire was quickly knocked down.

Damage is estimated at $100,000.

--PIO Cynthia Schuster

The Madison Fire Department Fire Investigation Team (FIT) is investigating this incident as a possible lightning strike. When firefighters entered the home, they found major damage to one of the walls where a TV once was, with drywall blown off the wall and insulation showing. 

The investigation to confirm the cause continues.

--PIO Cynthia Schuster

Incident Details

Structure Fire Displaces Seven

Seven people were displaced when a fire damaged their duplex on Cimmaron Trail Tuesday night.

Fire units were dispatched to a fire in a duplex building at 09:57 pm. Ladder 7 was first to arrive on scene at 10:06 pm, followed by Ladder 7 and Engine 11. Upon arrival companies began interior firefighting operations on the first floor and finally extinguished the fire in the basement at 10:16. The fire was contained to a single unit.  However, the adjoining unit and its occupants were displaced due to power loss.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

No injuries were reported at the scene. Seven people have been displaced and requested assistance from the Red Cross.

 

John D Kosmatka – Public Information Officer

 

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