Casper firefighters discover actual fire while conducting training

CASPER (WNE) — Late Wednesday afternoon, Casper-EMS firefighters were training at a building that is slated for demolition when a child just two homes away alerted them to an actual structural fire.

The address they were training at was 1020 S. Chestnut St. The house that was on fire was in the 800 block of West 11th Street, a press release from the fire department said.

“Firefighters quickly disengaged from the training site and responded to the actual incident. Firefighters located a single-family wood-frame home with a fire located on the stovetop, and heavy smoke emanating from the front door,” the press release said.

They were able to extinguish the flames and ventilate the smoke from the house.

One resident in the home at the time was taken out by the firefighters and transported by ambulance to Banner Wyoming Medical Center. Other residents had left the building before firefighters arrived.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

This story was published on April 6, 2024.