Merry Macs Campground Fire

On June 2nd, 2018 at approximately 245 AM the Sauk County Communications Center received a report of a park model camper on fire at Merry Macs Campground located at E12995 Halweg Road in the township of Merrimac.

Initially responding to the fire were members of the Merrimac Fire Department and Sauk Prairie EMS along with Sauk County Deputies. Once on scene additional help was requested from the Sauk City Fire Department, the Prairie du Sac Fire Department, the Baraboo Fire Department, the Sauk County Humane Society and the Salvation Army.

Preliminary investigation showed that a 2007 Yamaha golf cart had been charging overnight when the battery pack had caught fire. The occupants of the park model camper noticed the fire but were unable to extinguish it before it spread to a nearby wooden deck and plastic shed. The fire then spread from the deck to the camper, forcing the occupants outside for safety. Another nearby park model camper which was unoccupied at the time also caught fire as well as a 2016 Honda Odyssey minivan. Both campers as well as the minivan and golf cart were destroyed in the fire. 
 
Chip Meister
Sauk County Sheriff