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Smoke billows from the Great Wall Buffet in Sparta Tuesday, Dec. 29. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney

Great Wall Buffet damaged in Dec. 29 blaze

Monday, January 4, 2021 - 11:33am

The Great Wall Buffet in Sparta suffered heavy fire and smoke damage Tuesday, Dec. 29, after a fire started in the kitchen. The blaze was one of two structure fires the Sparta Area Fire District responded to last week. They also battled a blaze at a Town of Leon home New Year’s Day, where the sole...

Sleepy cook causes early morning Tomah fire

Monday, December 21, 2020 - 11:36am

The occupant of a Tomah apartment learned a hard lesson from an early Friday morning fire. The Tomah Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment fire Dec. 18 at 1 a.m. to a triplex at 417 Kilbourn Ave. for the report of a structure fire. Upon arriving at the scene we had flames coming through...

The owner of this house at 114 S. Thayer St. in Sparta ended up in a Madison hospital where he is being treated after escaping the flames through an upstairs window. Contributed photo

Sparta man suffers smoke inhalation, burns in Monday house fire

Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 10:38am

A Sparta couple escaped with their lives but didn’t escape injury in a house fire that started Monday night. According to Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold, his department was dispatched to a reported house fire at 114 South Thayer at 11:49 p.m. When he arrived, Sparta police were...

Sparta firefighters extinguish flames at garage in rural Sparta ignited by a lightning strike. The fire spread to the house, which also received damage. Contributed photos

Lightning strike damages rural Sparta home

Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 10:10am

A lightning strike from a severe storm that blew through the area Tuesday evening caused a fire at a rural Sparta house. According to Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold, firefighters responded to the scene at 15758 Hammer Road in the Town of Sparta where lighting started a garage on fire...

Firefighters from the Sparta Area Fire District battle a blaze on Kate Avenue outside of Leon Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the fire, but the house was left uninhabitable. Contributed photo

Couple escapes house blaze near Leon

Monday, January 27, 2020 - 10:40am

A Leon-area couple escaped injury when their house burned Sunday. William and Susan Lutz along with their pet cat were able to get out of the single-family dwelling at 6961 Kate Avenue in the Town of Leon and call 911. The Sparta Area Fire District Department responded to the call shortly after 12:...

The site of a house fire on St. Mary’s Ridge Monday night was still a smoldering ruins Wednesday morning. The occupants of the house escaped without injury. Herald photo by Pat Mulvaney

Fire destroys rural Cashton home

Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 10:20am

The Cashton Fire Department responded to a fire on Monday that destroyed a house on St. Mary’s Ridge. Cashton Fire Chief Al Erickson said the two occupants of the house, a young Amish couple, escaped safely and ran to a neighboring farm to call 911. Firefighters responded to the scene at 26239 Cty...