Fire destroys shed on Hwy. 10

• Waiting

Additional Prescott units and two Ellsworth water tankers are pictured waiting along Hwy 10. for further instructions around 10:20 p.m. Thursday.
• In action

Prescott firefighters in action battling the structure fire Thursday night. -- Photos by Steve Dzubay

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Fire crews from Prescott and Ellsworth spent about two hours Thursday night battling a structure fire on Hwy. 10.

Prescott crews were called around 10 p.m., to W10640 US Highway 10, or the Dennis Hauth residence as a shed was reportedly on fire.

"It was pretty engulfed by the time we got there," Prescott Fire Chief Bill Dravis said. Despite their best efforts, the building was a total loss.

No one -- people or animals -- were injured. The 20-by-30 structure, which was built in 1940, was used as a shop or housed tools, Dravis estimated.

Dravis said Friday afternoon the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. He added Prescott used two tanker trucks, while one from Ellsworth. In all, 10,000 gallons of water were used in battling the fire.

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