VIDEO: The Houghton County Sheriffโs Office confirmed it is investigating multiple house fires that occurred in Houghton County Saturday, at least one of which was fatal. TV6 was first alerted by community members about a fire in Laurium. Thanks to information from those community members and neighbors, TV6 learned the fire occurred on Wolverine Street at around 6:00 p.m.
Monday, TV6โฒs Colin Jackson went to the neighborhood where the fire occurred. There, he spoke to neighbor Joy Newman, who said she and her husband stepped out of their house just before 6 p.m. when they saw smoke coming from a house near hers. She immediately called 911. In the 10 minutes before law enforcement arrived, Newman said she and her husband ran to the back of the house, which was “engulfed in flames.”
