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MARQUETTE -- Firefighters from three departments responded to a brush fire at Park Street Cemetery in the city of Marquette early Sunday morning, containing the blaze to an approximately 30-by-30-foot area, according to Marquette City Fire Department battalion chief Benjamin Wilder.
Marquette city fire was dispatched at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday to the area of the "Fit Strip" inside the cemetery after a report of smoke. Upon investigation, firefighters discovered a brush fire burning within the tree line and underbrush.
City firefighters began efforts to contain the fire and incident command was established. Additional resources were requested from mutual aid partners, including a brush truck from Marquette Township fire and a brush truck and tanker from Chocolay Township fire.
The Marquette City Fire Department also called a third alarm to bring additional department personnel to the scene.
A total of 17 firefighters responded, including seven from Marquette City Fire, seven from Chocolay Township Fire and three from Marquette Township Fire. Marquette City Police and Marquette County Central Dispatch also assisted at the scene.
All units cleared the scene at 3 a.m. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under review and the estimated damage was listed as unknown, according to a press release issued Sunday by the Marquette City Fire Department.