Crime & Safety
Watch Wauwatosa Officer Alert Residents As Garage Burns Down
After a Wauwatosa police officer spotted a garage on fire last week, he quickly alerted nearby residents to the hazard, police said.
WAUWATOSA, WI — A police officer who was patrolling Wauwatosa was quick to alert residents after he spotted a home's garage in flames, police said.
The officer was on the night shift patrolling when he saw the smoke and then flames coming from a garage positioned right in between two homes. He was quick to start knocking on the doors of nearby homes to alert them to the blaze, and, thankfully, all residents evacuated and were safe, according to police.
"Thank you to our officer for his observations and quick thinking that helped save property and likely lives," police said in a post on Facebook.
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The Wauwatosa Fire Department quickly put out the flames and it did not spread to other structures, police said.
Watch the Wauawtosa officer evacuate nearby homes amid a garage fire:
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