Fire burns through steel maintenance building at former Ethan Allen School in town of Delafield

TOWN OF DELAFIELD – A Wednesday afternoon blaze at the former Ethan Allen School property leveled an approximately 100-by-50-foot steel maintenance building.

The town of Delafield Fire Department and the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fire at W323 S1050 Boy School Road at 4:03 p.m. Wednesday. No one was on the property at the time of the call.

According to a news release from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office, the initial cause of the fire is unknown, but it is not thought to be suspicious. The fire was reported by a neighbor who called 911.

Additional assistance was provided by the Wales-Genesee, Stone Bank and Lake Country fire departments and the Western Lakes Fire District.

Contact Geoff Bruce at 262-446-6642 or Geoff.Bruce@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @GeoffBruceNOW.