Fire & Rescue

La Crosse Fire Department investigates fire damage in Rose St. home

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4 years ago

February 27, 2021

Kaitlyn Riley

Fire officials found no flames, but heavy smoke and moderate fire damage at a single-family home on Rose St. Saturday.

The La Crosse Fire Department was called around 12:15 p.m. for a possible fire that happened at 315 Rose St.

The first arriving unit said the fire happened inside the structure but had been out for some time. The tenants said they were not home for an extended period of time before finding the fire. No injuries were reported.

The incident is currently under investigation.

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Kaitlyn Riley

Kaitlyn Riley’s passion for communications started on her family’s dairy farm in Gays Mills, Wis. Wanting to share agriculture’s story, she studied strategic communications and broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In college, she held officer positions with the Association of Women in Agriculture and Badger Dairy Club while volunteering as a news reporter for the college radio station. She also founded the university’s first agricultural radio talk show, AgChat. In her professional career, Kaitlyn has worked in radio, print and television news doing everything from covering local events to interviewing presidential candidates, and putting back on her barn boots to chat with farmers in the field. Today, Kaitlyn can be seen covering local stories that matter to you in the La Crosse area.