06/13/2025
Small fire causes little damage to Wheels display
Year by year, the Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center continues to make notable improvements on an ever-growing campus.
Last Thursday afternoon, it suffered a rare setback when a fire broke out beneath the caboose attraction.There was more smoke than fire, and the caboose took on only minor damage, but nonetheless the ordeal was a scary one for those close to the museum who happened to be on museum grounds at the time.
“We’ve been blessed with not having any major problems of any kind,” said Museum volunteer Norine Hanson.
That is until Thursday.
“We didn’t need that excitement today,” said Museum Director Jon Wendorff, who was showing visitors around at the time. “I'm just glad we caught it when we did. It could’ve been worse. Accidents happen.”
Other than some smoke in Wendorff’s lungs, there were no injuries reported.
