Fire spread quickly to a second house
ISHPEMING -- Fire crews from the Ishpeming City Fire Department and the Negaunee Fire Department responded to the call just before 10 a.m. this morning. It's believed that the fire was started in the kitchen of the home at 926 Second Street in Ishpeming, but when firefighters arrived, they found it was quickly spreading.
"Most of the fire was, when we arrived, was in the first level moving into the second level, and it also spread to the basement area which created some problems," explained Ishpeming City Assistant Fire Chief Jim Bertucci.
And the flames managed to spread even farther.
"The secondary house, a couple of us noticed some flames on the roof and we alerted the firefighters and they tried to knock those down, but as you can see, you can see it kept going," described Ishpeming resident Colleen Weyer.
Soon the house at 920 Second Street was also on fire which made a challenging job even harder for the firefighters, who kept running into problems.
"Just how much the fire has spread. It got into a lot of confined areas and in the attic and in the basement and such. Areas that were hard to get into," Bertucci added.
It took crews more than five hours to extinguish the blaze. No one was injured, but a few pets perished. One home is declared a total loss, but the other will be evaluated.
Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire.
2:30 pm
There were still a few firefighters on the scene when Meagan Quigley left Ishpeming just after 2 pm, before the rain started falling.
She reports that investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen of one of the houses.
A full report on the Early News.
11:55 am
TV6's Meagan Quigley reports that at least ten firefighters and three fire trucks are still on the scene at the fire. Both houses, she reports, appear to be total losses.
No one apparently was injured in the fires, but a couple of pets may have perished.
Traffic is still being re-routed around the area.
10:30 am
Firefighters at this hour are fighting two house fires in Ishpeming.
They're reportedly on north Second Street, and traffic is being rerouted around the neighborhood.
The fire was first called in at around 9:40 a.m.
TV6's Meagan Quigley is on the scene. We'll be updating this report throughout the day and will have a complete report on TV6's Early News and TV6 News Tonight.
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