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MARQUETTE -- The Marquette City Fire Department Thursday morning extinguished a fire at a single-story residential structure on Fitch Avenue. There no injuries or deaths reported.
A department press release states units were dispatched to 2314 Fitch Ave. at about 5:13 p.m. for a reported structure fire, arriving on scene within three minutes, encountering visible smoke coming from the first floor of a single-story residential structure.
"Upon arrival, the first-due engine established Fitch Street Command and initiated an offensive fire attack,” the release states. “Mutual aid agencies were enroute, a second alarm was requested for additional personnel, along with utility companies to secure the property.”
A single 1¾” handline was deployed to attack the fire on the first floor. The fire was knocked down and under control within 10 minutes of arriving on scene. Primary and secondary searches were conducted while additional crews began ventilation and overhaul assignments to search for any extension of fire. All units cleared the scene at 1822 hours.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Marquette City Fire Department was assisted by the Marquette City Police Department, Marquette Township Fire Department, Chocolay Township Fire Department, UPHS Unit 141, Marquette Board of Light and Power and SEMCO Gas Company.