A fire described as previously controlled, quickly spread to an acre of marsh near noon on Saturday. The fire was reported to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office by a landowner on County Road CCC just south of St. Cloud. Brisk winds continued to quickly expand the fire, and responders converged from St. Cloud, Mt. Calvary, St. Anna, Kiel, Elkhart Lake, Plymouth Greenbush, New Holstein, Campbellsport and Glenbeulah to stop the fire from spreading to nearby tree lines, eventually containing it to only the march land.
Investigators figured that the landowner (and caller) had been burning garbage in a barrel earlier in the day and believed the fire to be fully extinguished – it was not.
About five acres of marshland were consumed before the fire was put out, an operation that required about two hours to complete.
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