TONI: THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S SAYS MITCHELL WILL BE CHARGED TONIGHT. TOYA: A TWO ALARM FIRE SENDS MORE THAN A DOZEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO AN ICONIC COMPANY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. BURLINGTON’S NESTLE PLANT IS RECOVERING FROM A FIRE. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR IS LIVE THERE AND NICK THEY’RE STILL WORKING , TO CLEAN UP. THEY ARE. THE MAIN THING IS THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. THE FIRE ON THE SECOND FLOOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE HAD EMERGENCY VEHICLES DESCENDING FROM ALL AROUND TO BURLINGTON.
MEMORY STILL FRESH OF A FAR THAT DEVASTATED JUST TWO YEARS AGO. ON A BITTER COLD JANUARY IN 2013 , A FAST-MOVING FIRE DESTROYED A PLANT WHERE 300 PEOPLE WORK. NO ONE WAS KILLED. FORTUNATELY, TODAY’S FIRE WAS NOT NEARLY AS DRAMATIC OR DEVASTATING. THEY WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE THAT FIRE IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ICONIC NESTLÉ CHOCOLATE PLANT. THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD FLOOR — THE FIRE IT SELF WAS CONFINED TO A MIXING UNIT AND EXTINGUISHED QUICKLY.
THE 14 DEPARTMENTS THAT SHOWED UP CAME IN HANDY. WE HAD CREWS INSIDE BY 500 FEET. ONCE THEY WERE IN THERE WITH AIR TANKS, WE HAVE TO SEND ANOTHER CREW INTO COVER FOR THEM WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF AIR. CHOCOLATE CITY USA IS A SIGN OF NESTLÉ’S IMPORTANCE HERE. ARE YOU ALWAYS THINKING WORST-CASE AND ERAS WHEN YOU GET THAT FIRST ALARM? WHEN YOU GET THE FIRST CALL, YOU ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. IN THIS SITUATION, THE ECHO LAKE FOODS FIRE — ALL EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR AND THEY ARE TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO FINDING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE PLANT WAS EVACUATED FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAVE RETURNED. NESTLÉ TELLING US THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. ONE FIREFIGHTER DIG COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS, BUT HE WASN’T
