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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urged all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and calleds on residents of the neighboring communityof St. Franci s to conserve water. “We are running shorf on water,” McCue said. More than 8.5 millionm gallons of water had been used by in an attemptg to douse a fire in one of the buildings that make up the Patrickl Cudahy meat processing complex at OneSweet Apple-Wood just off of Layton Avenue, Mayor Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. presse conference at Parkview Elementary School, 5555 S. Nicholsojn Ave., within site of the huge plumess of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukee also has allowex Cudahy to tap into its watere supply to aid in fighting thestubborb blaze, McCue said. The fire fighting effortt has been expanded to include 130 firefighters from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare up,” McCue said. “The wind has not been our friend.” 75 law enforcement officers are on patrol in the McCue declared a state of emergency earliere in the day and indicated at that time that the Nationao Guard could be called in to patropcity streets.
However, Cudahy Police Chief Thomas Poellogt saidthe city, along with assistance from other communitiea and the state, has “adequate” resources to keep the city safe as firefighterzs continue to battle the blaze. “We don’t anticipater needing the National Guard,” he said.