STRATFORD, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – The Stratford Area Fire Department got a call for a house fire just off Legacy Avenue around 6pm Sunday
The fire was coming out of multiple windows in the house, and the flames melted some of the vinyl siding of their neighbor’s house. That neighbor, Karen Viegut, was told to evacuate once authorities arrived. “He said, ‘you people have to get out now.”
Viegut evacuated her home of more than 30 years to stay with a neighbor until the situation calmed down. “I could see the flames just shooting right out towards our house,” said Viegut. “I say to one of the girls, I say, ‘I might not have a house left when we have to come back.”
Nobody was in the house at the time of the fire, but the renter of the home was in town. Right now, the cause of the fire is unknown.
“Point of origin, we can say we were pretty sure it started on the second floor. Somewhere towards the middle of the house,” said Assistant Fir Chief Chad Willemssen.
