WJJQ LOCAL NEWS
Safe on fire in Merrill
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Merrill Fire department responded
to a smoldering item, that turned out to be a safe.
A Lincoln County Sheriff Deputy reported
the smoldering item in the parking lot of the Merrill School Forest in the Town
of Rock Falls. A fire engine was dispatched at just before 7:30.
After investigating the item was
determined to be a safe that someone had set on fire, after breaking into it.
The sheriff's office is treating it
as a crime scene.
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