By Maria Lockwood
Superior Telegram
DANBURY, Wis. — In the middle of a snowstorm last month, someone broke into a Dairyland Volunteer Fire Department building and stole items worth thousands of dollars. The theft didn’t just affect the fire department.
“It hurts the community,” said Dairyland Fire Chief Mike Knutson Wednesday in Barnes, where he and five other members of the department were helping protect homes in the path of the wildfire.
The incident took place between 11 p.m. April 22 and 1 a.m. April 23. The thieves took fire gear, saws, medical supplies, air tanks, a gas detector and more from the fire department’s satellite station at 16567 S. North Road. They also cut radios out of two trucks, putting both vehicles out of commission.
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