Residents Displaced After House Fire On Overlook Drive: NBFD

NEW BERLIN, WI — The New Berlin Fire Department responded to a house fire on Overlook Drive around 8 p.m. on Sunday. Two residents and a dog safely got out of the house before the fire department arrived and no injuries were reported, the agency said in a news release.

The first firefighters on the scene found that the fire began in the kitchen. More firefighters arrived and a crew began to fight the interior fire as other firefighters quickly set up a portable water tank, according to the news release. All 12 New Berlin Fire Fighters who were on duty at the city's four staffed stations then worked to extinguish the fire.

Seven other fire departments from surrounding municipalities helped to search the scene, overhaul the structure and to supply water as there are no fire hydrants in the area, according to the news release.

About 2100 gallons of water was used to extinguish the fire, the news release said.

A total of 39 firefighters responded to the scene, including ones from Vernon, Brookfield, Village of Waukesha, Tess Corners, Greenfield, Big Bend and Franklin.

"Thank God the residents and their pet were able to get out safely and it appears that there were no injuries!" New Berlin Mayor David Ament said in a statement. "Thanks to our FD & PD for their efforts and a special thanks to our partner neighbors for their assistance."

New Berlin's Critical Care Paramedic ambulance evaluated the two occupants and helped them to contact family. The family will be displaced for an unknown amount of time and the fire is under investigation, but it is not considered suspicious in nature, the news release said.

As New Berlin firefighters were occupied with the fire on Overlook, the City of Brookfield Fire Department responded to an alarm at a multifamily residence in New Berlin, which the news release says NBFD is grateful for.