VIDEO/PHOTOS: Detroit fire crews were busy Tuesday morning, battling multiple overnight fires around the city. “Fighting fires in this cold weather is challenging,” Detroit Fire Battalion Chief Eric Fett said. “Injuries are pretty prevalent.” A fire that started with one house on Dwyer near 7 Mile and Mound after midnight spread to five houses on the street.
Of those five homes, two were total losses. Only one house was occupied, and that house suffered the least amount of damage. Three of the vacant houses that were damaged were being renovated at the time. No injuries were reported.
Another fire crews battled early Tuesday displaced a family with 15 children. That fire burned on Ashland near Kercheval around 3 a.m. “I was scared and didn’t know what to do, but I made sure I got my kids out safely,” Adrienne Marlow said. None of the residents were injured, but one firefighter did suffer a twisted knee.
