A marsh fire in Winnebago county is under investigation for possible arson. The fire was located on County Road MM, west of Winchester and east of Lake Poygan.
The Fire Chief for the Town of Winchester Fire Departent, Glenn Mathison said, “It’s under investigation at this time… It’s possibly a suspicious fire.”
He continued and said, “We’ve been out to this area many times over the last 10, 12, 15 years now and the origins of the fires keep starting pretty close to always in the same spot. They always come out and do it during the day when it’s during the week when there are less firemen around and they always pick a high wind day where they’re going to do the most damage with the fire getting driven across the marsh.”
Chief Mathison said that crews were called out around 1:30 pm to battle the blaze that has consumed about 100 acres of land.