Green Bay firefighters got a dog out of a bedroom fire

Green Bay Metro Fire Department crews answered a call just after 3 p.m. Wednesday for smoke inside an apartment on West Walnut Street, WBAY reported. They saw smoke coming from a third-floor unit and found the fire in a bedroom. They put it out quickly and rescued a dog during the call. Nobody was hurt.

The bedroom took heavy smoke and flame damage. The rest of the apartment and the hallway beside it had only light smoke damage. The department said that was because the resident had closed the bedroom door and kept the fire in that room. A person, a baby, and the dog were displaced, and the American Red Cross is helping them. The cause is still under investigation. Green Bay police and the Brown County Public Safety Communications Center assisted on the call. The department said a closed bedroom door can slow fire and smoke, and that working smoke detectors give people time to get out.