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Fire at paper mill in Manistique
Posted: 11.30.2012 at 5:32 AM
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MANISTIQUE -- The Manistique Public Safety and Volunteer Fire Officers were called to a reported fire at the FutureMark Paper Mill, formerly known as Manistique Papers, Thursday evening at 8:14.

Employees reported that the fire was located in a storage pile of paper bales located outside, adjacent to the building near a clippings shed.

Paper mill employees fought the blaze until firefighters arrived, and in a combined effort, the fire was extinguished without any damage to the building.

There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is undetermined.

Firefighters cleared the scene at 4:30 a.m. Friday morning. 

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