On January 22 at 20:50 the Black River Falls Fire Department was paged by the Jackson County Emergency Communications Center for a report of smoke in the laundry room at 600 Oasis Road in Brockway Township, Jackson County Wisconsin.
This address in the location of Sure Stay Plus by Best Western. Upon arrival of Incident Command, it was found that there was an active fire with high heat and dense smoke located in the main laundry room of the business, and there was heavy smoke spreading through the building. Mutual aid was requested from Hixton Fire Department, County Line Fire Department, Hatfield Fire Department, and Melrose Fire Department. Also, the Blair Preston Fire Department was request to backfill the Hixton station with and engine. An aggressive interior attack was conducted while other crews confirmed the evacuation of all registered guests form the rooms.
The fire was quickly brought under control and the fire damage was limited to the room of origin. It was confirmed that all guests and staff were evacuated and accounted for. Crews remained on scene for some time ventilating the smoke from the building. All fire units were cleared form the scene at 22:43.
There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries.
No damage estimate or fire cause is available at this time.
