Madison firefighters could not handle the blaze on their own, so additional men and equipment had to be brought in; by the time they reached Madison, the equipment had frozen and needed to be thawed.
Madison firefighters could not handle the blaze on their own, so additional men and equipment had to be brought in from Milwaukee. The effectiveness of the reinforcements was initially hampered by the bitter cold temperatures; by the time they reached Madison, the equipment had frozen and needed to be thawed.