SMOKY FIRE —Firefighters from Sheldon and Ladysmith were called New Year’s Day morning to a house fire at N154 Whispering Pines Drive at the far northeast corner of the Lake Holcombe Flowage. Breathing apparatus was used while fighting the fire, which generated thick smoke that filled the air. A winding road made it difficult for fire trucks to reach the lakefront home. A Town of Willard truck was called in to sand the icy road.

Firefighters battle bitter cold, burning home

Firefighters from Ladysmith and Sheldon battled a smoky house fire on a bitterly cold Saturday morning as smoke billowed into the sky.

The fire was at a lake home owned by Jerald McCabe, N154 Whispering Pines Drive, in the Town of Willard. The home, on a northeastern branch of the Lake Holcombe flowage, is near the Rusk and Chippewa county line about one mile east of Wis. 27, just south of County D.

More of this story appears this week in the print edition of the Ladysmith News.