It was sad day last Sunday, August 20, the iconic Shipwrecked Brew Pub caught on fire. I was on my way to work at a little after 11 a.m. and I could see the smoke and hear sirens from my house. I was detoured by Main Street Market but could see a lot of smoke in the village. Cambria, who works with me at the front desk is on the village board so she knew what was happening and was in fact, gathering barriers to help get the the roads closed. Everyone from Shipwrecked escaped safely…
I took this photo at 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday. All the fire departments from Door and Kewaunee Counties were called out for mutual aide. Medical personnel came from Brown County (Green Bay). Dozens of firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion and 10 were taken to the hospital by ambulance. All in all, there were no injuries. A main concern were the surrounding buildings and the wind. The firefighters were taking water directly from the bay. The crews did an amazing job. The Red Cross was passing out water and Main Street Market was making sandwiches for the crews. Shipwrecked is hoping to rebuild but that remains to be seen. Mark and I met there in 1977. It’s a shame and sad for Egg Harbor. A huge shout out to all the people for helping out. We have an amazing community.
