Fire Consumes Popular Wisconsin Restaurant

The Original Famous Dave’s barbecue restaurant, located in Hayward, Wisconsin, was destroyed in a fire early Monday morning. Owner Dave Anderson said in a Facebook post that he got a call about the fire at about 4:30 a.m. Monday. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a resident in Hayward, Wisconsin, at about 4:24 a.m. about the fire at the restaurant. When crews arrived on scene, the restaurant was completely engulfed in flames. Authorities said there was nobody inside the building at the time of the fire.