Lincoln County woman follows dispatcher directions, saves home from fire

TOMAHAWK - By following directions from a 911 dispatcher, a Lincoln County woman may have saved her home on Thursday.

A fire started near the fuse box in the basement of her home southeast of Tomahawk this morning.

A dispatcher told her to keep doors and windows closed to shut off the fire's oxygen supply.

Full story: WJFW

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