Flames Engulf WI Food Factory

June 14, 2022
Dozens of firefighters responded to a fire at a Festive Foods in Portage County where workers thought they doused a blaze that had already spread.

Fire engulfed a food factory in Porter County after workers thought they extinguished a small fire earlier in the day.

Firefighters were called to Festive Foods around 9 a.m. after workers tried to contain a fire near an air compressor, according to Fox11Online.com. The fire spread to the roof and then into another building sparking a massive, smoky blaze.

The factory made frozen pizzas and appetizers.

Dozens of firefighters from Plover, Rudolph, Stevens Point, Stockton and Waupaca responded to the scene, WSAW.com reported.

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