HOWARD (NBC 26) — One person is recovering after they were burned while a storage space caught fire in Howard.
Howard Fire Rescue crews responded to a fire of a multi-unit personal storage building with nine overhead doors located at 1751 Velp Ave on June 19 at 7:45 a.m.
Packerland Fire District Units from Howard, Suamico and Pulaski arrived on scene at approximately 8:00 a.m. when the alarm was upgraded to include units from Hobart, Country Rescue, Green Bay Metro Fire, Ashwaubenon and De Pere Fire.
Howard Assistant Fire Chief Dennis Staeven said they had the fire controlled in about an hour, and one person was hurt.
"There was one person who was on scene that was transported to one of the local hospitals because they had some burns on their hands," Staeven said.
In a release from the Village of Howard, overall efforts took several hours with a total of 12 apparatus an command units on scene.
The building sustained heavy fire damage with the remainder of the building and contents sustaining heavy smoke and water damage.
Preliminary damage/ loss is estimated in excess of one million dollars. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
