9-2-19 waupun area fire quickly extinguished

Nobody was injured in a fire that caused minor damage to a Waupun area  business.     Waupun firefighters were called Saturday morning for a report that a multi-tennant commercial building on Highway 49 was filling with smoke.  Firefighters found a smoldering fire on a work bench in a space leased by Home Contrractors  and  used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire.   Damage was limited to a work bench in the shop area and the building was ventilated.  The building is owned by Samsyl Properties.    The cause of the fire is believed to be spontaneous combustion of a stain rag left on the work bench.  The Waupun Fire Department says any time you are disposing of stain-soaked rags, you should put them in a non-combustible metal container with a metal lid.  Agencies assisting at the scene included fire departments from Alto, Brandon/Fairwater, Beaver Dam, and Fond du Lac County RIT Team 4, the Waupun Police Department, Dodge County Sheriff’s Department, and Lifestar Ambulance.