Family displaced after fire on Madison’s south side, one firefighter taken to local hospital

MADISON, Wis. — A family is displaced following a fire on Madison’s south side Saturday morning.

The Madison Fire Department responded to the 900 block of W. Badger Road near Omega School just before 7 a.m. where flames were visible from a first-floor window at a multi-family building.

The fire was quickly extinguished and contained to a single unit.  A search confirmed that all residents of the building had safely evacuated, and a Madison Metro bus was dispatched to provide warm shelter for the tenants. The family’s pet turtle was located unharmed and reunited with them…

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