One person is dead after an early morning apartment fire in Kingsford Saturday. According to a press release from Kingsford Public Safety, while on patrol, officers responded to the fire on the second floor of 229 E. Breitung Ave. around 1:26 a.m.
The officers evacuated the lower apartment units and started extinguishing the fire. KPS says one victim was found inside the residence and was later pronounced dead.
The name of the victim is not being released until the family is notified. KPS says the Michigan State Fire Investigator will help them with the fire investigation.
Multiple agencies responded to the fire including DCSO Dispatch, Iron Mountain Fire Department, Integrity Care Ambulance, Dickinson County Sheriffโs Department, Iron Mountain Police Department, WE Energies, DTE and Kingsford Public Works.
