A portion of a Union Pacific train northbound through Kenosha County caught fire and had to be stopped in the Village of Somers to extinguish the blaze Saturday morning.
According to the American Red Cross, house fires are more likely to happen during the winter, and especially the holidays.
Ready for anything: Photos from live-fire training involving Racine and Kenosha area departments
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
On Saturday multiple area emergency response agencies — including Kansasville Fire & Rescue, Town of Paris Fire & Rescue, Rochester Volunteer Fire Co. and Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Co. — conducted a live-fire training. The building burned down here has a Kansasville address, 975 224th Ave., but is located in Kenosha County's Town of Brighton. The structure was donated. Of the training, which allowed firefighters to practice reading smoke — attacking fire with hoses, search and rescue, and using tools like ladders near a blaze — KFRD Firefighter/EMT Ryan Hoover stated: "It makes it real." For a gallery of the photos provided to The Journal Times, visit JournalTimes.com/gallery
RON MOLNAR, Kansasville Fire & Rescue
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
Ready for anything
Courtesy of Ron Molnar, Kansasville Fire & Rescue chief
