Fond du Lac fire displaces business, residents

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Some Fond du Lac residents are now displaced after a fire broke out early Thursday morning, June 17.

Fond du Lac Fire Rescue received a call at around 7:30 a.m. that a fire had erupted at Big Jay’s Smoke Shop, which also serves as a residential building located at 111 S. Main Street.

Nobody was inside the business at the time of the fire, and residents were able to escape. However, the fire did cause a moderate amount of damage as well as smoke damage throughout the building. The Red Cross has been called to assist displaced residents.

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Main Street and First Street were closed for an extended period while fire crews worked to extinguish the fire. Alliant Energy, City Water Utility and City Building & Code were called to the scene to assist.

The fire was located on the first floor of the building and is still under investigation by the Fond du Lac police.

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