(IRON MOUNTAIN, MI.)–Fire has destroyed “The Store” and Burger King on US-2. The fire broke out with several people inside. It appeared from a video filmed at the scene, all were able to flee the building, however, shortly thereafter, the ceiling collapsed onto two firefighters. The two firefighters were rescued and pulled by other firefighters from the debris that had fallen from the ceiling, they sat up, then walked to a waiting ambulance. Several units responded to the scene which included police and ambulance units from Iron Mountain and firefighters from Iron Mountain, Breitung Township and Norway. Michigan State Police and Iron Mountain Police conducted traffic control. Details of the fire expected to be released by authorities following their investigation. Cause of the fire has not yet been released. The north wall of the building was knocked down with a payloader type unit, from the Iron Mountain DPW, to gain better access by firefighters to the fire. That was prior to several of units which had responded to the scene to leave the scene.
(Aaron Harper,WJNR,WOBE,WHTO)
aaronharper22@gmail.com