Apr 14, 2021
MANISTIQUE — A fire didn’t hamper production at Manistique’s UP Paper. Although the fire started in a paper machine, the plant was fully operational less than a day later.
At 10:23 a.m. Saturday, Manistique Public Safety and volunteer firefighters were dispatched to the report of a structure fire at UP Papers, 402 West Elk Street, in Manistique, according to Manistique Public Safety Director Kenneth C. Golat. Upon arriving on scene, officers determined the fire had started in the paper machine located on the second floor of the mill. All mill employees had been been accounted for and the UP Papers fire team was containing the fire.