Multiple departments battle blaze at Devil’s Lake cottage in Manitou Beach

  • Source: Hillsdale Daily News - Metered Site
  • Published: 11/15/2022 11:54 AM

Fire officials are working to determine the cause of a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a cottage at 7121 Walnut Hill Road in Manitou Beach on Devils Lake. Addison Fire Chief Jason Hallenbeck said no injuries were reported in the fire and the owners were not home at the time the fire started. A neighbor initially reported a grass fire to 911, and a second neighbor who also dialed 911 reported the cottage on fire shortly thereafter, Hallenbeck said. Residents in the neighborhood worked together using garden hoses, buckets and even a garden watering can to put out the growing grass fire which had spread up a hill behind the home and into neighboring properties. The Addison Fire Department arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the structure and made an interior attack to contain flames from consuming the home while other firefighters worked to ventilate the roof.



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