On June 29, 2025 at approximately 3:11 a.m. the Price County Dispatch Center received a report of a residential structure fire at an address on Shandy Knoll Road in the Township of Fifield. The caller advised one individual was able to escape the residence, but two other individuals were still within the home. The individual who escaped the residence had significant, life-threatening injuries. Pike Lake Fire Department, Pike Lake First Responders, Fifield Fire Department, Park Falls Fire Department, Park Falls Ambulance Service, Minocqua Fire Department, Lac Du Flambeau Ambulance Service, Price County Sheriff’s Office, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation State Fire Marshal’s Office responded.
The bodies of two deceased individuals were located within the remains of the structure. The cause of the structure fire is currently being investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation State Fire Marshal’s Office, Price County Sheriff’s Office, and the Pike Lake Fire