One person suffers burn injuries.
ELY TOWNSHIP -- Updated; 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, December 30,2008
Further details have been released about a fire which destroyed a southern Marquette County home.
According to the Ishpeming Township Fire Department, the fire broke out around 3 p.m. Monday afternoon, at a home off County Road 581, just past the Helen Lake Road turn-off.
The home is owned by Michael Konster. He was working on the wood stove, and when he re-lit it, the blaze got out of control.
Konster was injured in the fire. He was treated and released from Bell Hospital.
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A fast-moving fire Monday afternoon destroyed a home in Ely Township in southern Marquette County.
The fire broke out at about 3 p.m. off of County Road 581, just past the Helen Lake Road turn-off.
Ishpeming Township firefighters got the call. They asked for help from the Richmond Township Department.
At least one person, not a firefighter, suffered burns in the fire and was taken to Bell Hospital.
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