MUSKEGON, Mich. — Firefighters in Muskegon battled two structure fires overnight in addition to numerous emergency calls.
The first fire occurred on Kinsey Street, near Hackley Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Crews were called on report of a garage fire spreading into a house. When they arrived they found a heavy fire showing from a 1.5 story residential building.
Witnesses reported multiple pets trapped inside the building. One pet was saved from a window by a retired Muskegon firefighter. After an extensive search, another pet was rescued. Three family pets died in the fire.
No one else was hurt.
The second fire happened around 1:30 a.m. at an apartment building in Muskegon.
When crews arrived on scene the front of the building was completely engulfed by flames on the first and second floors.
Once crews were able to extinguish the exterior fire, they used an aerial ladder truck to get access to the roof.
The fire was eventually brought under control with no injuries reported.
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