Authorities treating fire site as a crime scene in UP town
May 24, 2021
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This photo shows the destruction of a fire in downtown Calumet, Mich., on Monday, May 24, 2021. State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of the Upper Peninsula village. Investigators in Calumet were treating it as a crime scene. The fire was reported late Friday, May 21 and stretched into Saturday. (Garrett Neese/The Daily Mining Gazette via AP)Garrett Neese/AP
CALUMET, Mich. (AP) State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village.
Authorities treating fire site as a crime scene in Calumet
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CALUMET, Mich. State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village.
Investigators in Calumet were treating it as a crime scene, The Daily Mining Gazette reported.
The fire was reported late Friday and stretched into Saturday. It destroyed apartments, a laundromat, a former restaurant and a former tattoo shop. An estimated 20 to 30 people were displaced. The wind definitely didn t help. . The buildings are so close together. Once it started, there wasn t much to stop it, Fire Chief Jeff Kalcich said.
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Fire rips through historic downtown in Michigan s UP
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Calumet Fire damaged or destroyed buildings in a historic downtown block in Michigan s far northern Upper Peninsula.
Video posted online by WLUC-TV showed a shower of bricks as a building collapsed in Calumet, a village in Houghton County, 275 miles northwest of the Mackinac Bridge.
The fire began around 11 p.m. Friday. Hundreds of people flocked to the site to watch firefighters try to control the blaze, The Daily Mining Gazette reported.
At least three firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and minor injuries, sheriff s Deputy Tyler Harju said.