A home in Fort McCoy and some of the woods surrounding it were destroyed by a fire on Monday afternoon.
Marion County Fire Rescue received reports of a fire in the 15600 block of NE 238th Street in Fort McCoy on Monday, August 4, at around 4:24 p.m.
Fort McCoy Station #7 arrived on the scene at around 4:41 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a wood-framed home that was fully engulfed in flames.
Crews immediately deplyed a hose line and initiated defensive fire operations to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding wooded area…