A huge fire set off by an explosion burned Thursday, May 19 at a marine construction company in Eagle.
There are reports of a possible explosion in Waukesha County on Thursday, May 19.Explosion at Summerset Marine in Eagle
An explosion touched off the fire, said Kettle Moraine Fire District administrative assistant Janine Conk. There was no immediate word about what caused the explosion.About 275 students at Eagle Elementary School, about a quarter-mile from Summerset Marine, were evacuated and sent to the middle-high school building in Palmyra, said Palmyra-Eagle Area School District Superintendent Todd Gray.
Gray said the principal told him there was some shaking at the elementary school when the explosion occurred shortly before 8 a.m., with a 24,000-square-foot facility in Eagle that includes a showroom, office, factory and warehouse, according to its website.