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Published March 25, 2026

Shop building a total loss in afternoon fire

SUNRISE BEACH – A shop building and some of its contents are a total loss after an afternoon fire last week.

Last Thursday (March 19) the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District received a call from Camden County 911 for a structure fire at 814 Porter Mill Spring Drive. The structure was reported to be a shop building with flames visible.

The alarm was received at 1:36 p.m. Chief 1202 arrived on scene within a few minutes to find a working fire in a single-story shop.

Engine 1212 staffed by one of the district’s chief officers was the first engine to arrive on scene and utilized a deck gun to initially attack the fire. The engine had water on the fire within 12 minutes of the initial alarm.

The neighborhood does not have hydrants so five-inch hose was laid to a boat ramp where Squad 12 pumped water from the lake to the fire. Due to the amount of fire and the amount of belongings inside the structure, two hand lines and a foam line were deployed to extinguish the blaze.

The structure is a total loss but firefighters were able to save about half of the belongings contained inside. What was saved did have smoke damage.

The fire had spread from a trash burning vessel that was actively being used outside the structure. The fire was contained to the original structure.

SBFPD responded with two engines, two tankers, a ladder truck and one Chief vehicle. Two of the district chiefs responded with a tanker and an engine for additional water.

Assistance was provided by the Gravois Fire Protection District with an engine, a tanker and a ladder truck.

Lake West Ambulance responded to the scene for standby and provided water to the firefighters as they went into rehab.

The SBFPD would like to thank the following agencies for their assistance:

All units cleared the scene at 4:29 p.m

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