Fire destroyed a home on County Highway Z, just east of Aniwa in Shawano County.
Birnamwood Fire Chief Randy Berger told NewsChannel 7 the fire started around 1:30 Thursday afternoon. He said there were no injuries but an unknown number of pets may have died in the fire.
The home is a total loss. An excavator was called in to break down the home and help put out the flaming structure.
While temperatures were below freezing, Berger said that was not the difficulty with this fire.
"During the day, everybody is shorthanded always, but good thing for mutual aid (sic). We got rural fire control out of Langlade County helping us today, Matoon, Easton and Hewitt," he said.