Fire at Puempel's Olde Tavern
October 12, 2017
On Friday night, October 6th, firefighters from New Glarus, Monticello, Belleville, Monroe, Juda, Mount Horeb and Brooklyn, as well as New Glarus Area EMS and New Glarus Police, responded to a report of a fire in Puempel's Olde Tavern on 6th Avenue (STH 39) in New Glarus.
The fire, which began in a fan in the men's restroom, spread into walls and the ceiling in places.
According to owner Chuck Bigler, outside of the men's restroom and a storage room, the bar suffered minimal damage. Lessia Bigler's business Plumfyre and an apartment upstairs had more extensive damage. More photos are ava...
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