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30 years ago

MARQUETTE — More Upper Peninsula firefighters are heading to Washington state to battle wildfires. Several more firefighters will leave Marquette this weekend, making a total of 16 state Department of Natural Resources firefighters from the U.P. and northern Lower Peninsula that have been dispatched to Washington. The firefighters have been assigned to battle the Tyee Fire in central Washington. The fire has burned nearly 100,000 acres. Five fire engines, a support vehicle and a command vehicle also will be sent to aid the firefighting effort.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — Fifteen firemen were called out on a general alarm at 12:39 yesterday afternoon when a blaze broke out in a tar wagon at the new Marquette Senior High School building site off W. College and Lincoln Aves. Firemen said the tar wagon, or kettle, belonging to the H. H. Pellow & Sons, Inc., firm became overheated and began to burn. Fifteen gallons of foam liquid and two 30-pound dry powder extinguishers were used to extinguish the flames. Shovels were also used to throw sand onto the wagon.