Wildfire in Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Wildfire April 20, 2020 · Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

An elderly Ettrick man died after sustaining burns trying to put out a grassfire. The fire started as a result of a burning pile of garbage. The automated weather observing equipment at the La Crosse airport indicated the relative humidity was around 35% with a a southwest wind gusting to around 20 mph at the time of the fire.

The wider storm

An elderly man died from burns sustained trying to extinguish a grass fire near Ettrick (Trempealeau County). The fire occurred during the morning of April 20th and was started by a burning pile of garbage. The automated weather observing equipment at the La Crosse (La Crosse County) airport indicated the relative humidity was around 35% with a southwest wind gusting to near 20 mph at the time of the fire.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 886389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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