A fire billowed smoke near downtown Milwaukee and the city’s Mitchell Park neighborhood the mid-afternoon June 4.
Milwaukee Fire Department was responding to a fire near the 1600 block of West Bruce Street around the time smoke became noticeable around 3:45 p.m., according to online fire department call logs. Photos of the smoke appeared to stem from that area in the Menomonee Valley.
Milwaukee Fire Department officials did not immediately respond to a request for informatino on the fire.
The area the fire department was responding to has been subject to other fires. Last year, a January fire at a scrap metal factory sent smoke billowing throughout the city.
It isn’t clear if the same factory was where the June 4 fire stemmed.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
David Clarey is a public safety reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at dclarey@usatodayco.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Smoke sweeps across downtown Milwaukee from fire
Reporting by David Clarey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
By David Clarey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | USA TODAY Network
