January: A list of all 220+ structure fires with photos, breakdowns

Jan. 15

Time: 12:55 a.m.
Address: 9384 Carten, 48214
Building type:
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Combustible too close to flammable material.
Details:
Companies: E41, L6

Time: 1:10 a.m.
Address: 19551 Hoyt
Building type:
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Children playing with matches
Details: Rubbish fire inside a building.
Companies: E50, L23

Time: 3:25 a.m.
Address: 13759 Sherwood
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: House collapsed from the fire.
Companies: E60, E56, C9, L23, S3

Time: 4:04 a.m.
Address: 13595 Ashton, 48223
Building type: House
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Dispatchers warned firefighters that people could still be in the home. Extra manpower was requested after the chief arrived. At 4:18 a.m., the chief said all of the residents were safely out of the house. The fire appeared to start in the basement and crawled up the wall, spreading to the first and second floor.
Companies: C4, E54, L26, S1, E59, E53, E55

Time: 5:15 p.m.
Address: 17161 Sunset
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Firefighters took a defensive posture. Two extra companies were called for help.
Companies: S5, C8, E56, L18, E44, E60, HME1

Time: 8:28 p.m.
Address: 71 Atkinson
Building type:
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Suspcious
Details: Fire took more than an hour to extinguish. Police were requested because the house was open to trespass. E35 went out of service because of frozen lines.
Companies: C5, E35, E39, S3 E40, L7

Jan. 16

Time: 1:34 a.m.
Address: 19132 Lamont, 48212
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Police spotted the fire. The house was engulfed when firefighters arrived. EMS and third fire engine requested for help.
Companies: E56, L18, C8, E44, HME1, S5

Time: 3:59 a.m.
Address: 15348 Parkside, 48238
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Fire caused by a molotov cocktail.
Companies: C8, E40, L17, S5, E30

Time: 10:19 a.m.
Address: 4710 Coplin & E. Warren
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Firefighters found an open gas line, requested gas company. Firefighters reported inhaling natural gas.
Companies: C9, E54, S6, E41, E50, L31

Time: 1:36 p.m.
Address: 2008 W. Grand Blvd., 48208
Building type: Apartment, church, House
Occupancy: Occupied/Vacant
Preliminary cause:
Details: Originally reported as a house fire. Squad 1 was the first company on scene, arriving about three minutes after getting the call. A two-story vacant apartment was burning, and firefighters feared they had spread to a church and an occupied apartment.
Companies: L22, C5, S4, E34 E42, E39, L17,
Second alarm called at 1:41 p.m.: 203, E27, S2, C1, 203
Relief: L20, E35

Time: 3:55 p.m.
Address: 13260 Rochelle
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Short-circuit
Details: Had water pressure problems.
Companies: C9, E50, E60, L23, S6, E46

Time: 8:32 p.m.
Address: 9560 Asbury Park, 48227
Building type:
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Animal
Details: EMS originally requested for people possibly trapped in the house. Everyone out of the house.
Companies: E53, E55, L27, C2, S1, E57, E59

Time: 8:40 p.m.
Address: 4238 Beaconsfield, 48224
Building type:
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:
Details: Started as a still alarm. Primary search for victims was finished at 9:10 p.m.
Companies: E52, L31, C6, S6, E41, E58?

Time: 8:50 p.m.
Address: 14361 Joy Road & Mark Twain
Building type: Commercial (auto repair shop)
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:  Suspicious
Details: Started as a still alarm with only one engine handling. Squad 1 and Engine 57 came straight from the Asbury Park house fire without a break. The fire was in an auto repair system.
Companies: S4, C4, L22, E59, E34, S1, E53, E42

Companies: Time: 10:08 p.m.

Address: 158 E. Hildale, 48203.
Building type:
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: At 10:55 p.m.
Companies: E44, L18. C8, S5,

Jan. 17

Time: 1:38 a.m.
Address: 15039 Graydale, 48223
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Mahor
Details: Engulfed when firefighters arrived
Companies: L26, S1, E57, C4, E53, E54

Time: 4:31 a.m.
Address: 1255 W. Euclid, 48202
Building type: 2-flat house
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: 073
Details: E17, L7, C5, E39, S4
Companies: EMS called because of possible civilians in the house. Firefighters did a primary and secondary search but found no residents home. Fire started in the kitchen

Time: 10:34 a.m.
Address: 3228 Ewald Cr., 48238
Building type: House
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Unknown
Details: Firefighters report a burned resident. EMS en route. House was engulfed when firefighters arrived. EMS arrived 17 minutes after firefighters were called. Fire started in the second-floor bedroom. Fire out at 11:14 a.m.
Companies: E42, E40, L17, S5, C2

Time: 12:26 p.m.
Address: 4667 Lumley, 48210
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details:
Companies: L22, E34

Time: 9:03 p.m.
Address: 8617 Prairie, 48204
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:  Suspicious
Details:
Companies: E34, E42, L22, C2, S5

Time: 11:51 p.m.
Address: 2602 Bewick, 48214
Building type:
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:
Details:
Companies: L6, E9, E41, C6, S6, E46

Jan. 18

Time: 5:50 a.m.
Address: 3507 Lincoln
Building type: Apartment
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause:
Details: Two homeless people were living in an abandoned apartment. Second-alarm called at 5:57 a.m. while firefighters searched the building. One woman appeared to suffer minor injuries, while the other person took off. Fire was in the basement and first floor when the second-alarm companies arrived. At 7:25 p.m., fire on second and third floor. At 7:40 p.m., fire poked through the roof. L7 was having mechanical problems at 1:15 p.m.
Companies: S2, L20, E1, E27, C1, E17
Second-alarm companies: E27, E39, L7, S3, 203, C5,
Reserves: S1, L22, E42, E41, L6, S4, L17, E50, E34, E56, L18, L23, E9

Time: 4:34 p.m.
Address: 14020 Tacoma, 48205
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:
Details: Small fire
Companies: E60, S6, C9, L23, E50

Time: 7:43 p.m.
Address: 8030 Beaverland
Building type: House
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Unknown
Details: Fire was out at 8:23 p.m. House was open to trespass after the fire was extinguished.
Companies:, E55, C2, E54, L27, S4

Time: 8:55 p.m.
Address: 8011 S. Paul, 48214
Building type: Townhouse
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Short-circuit
Details:
Companies: E41, C6, L6, S6, E9

Time: 9:12 p.m.
Address: 7740 Ashton, 48228
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause:
Details: Reported as a vacant fire.
Companies: L26, E53, E57, S1, C2

Jan. 19

Time: 2:57 a.m.
Address: 19968 Exeter, 48203
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: House was engulfed when firefighters arrived. Made an exterior attack. Fire under control at 3:21 p.m. House collapsed.
Companies: E44, C8, E44, L18, S5, E56

5:30 pm at Jan. 19

Time: 5:49 p.m.
Address: 21540 Forence, 48219
Building type:
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause:
Details: Firefighters warned about a domestic situation. Small fire.
Companies: L26, E54

Time: 9:46 p.m.
Address: 14304 Hubbell
Building type: House
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause:
Details: The second floor was engulfed when firefighters arrived. Civilian had seizure from smoke inhalation. EMS arrived within 6 minutes of the fire call.
Companies: C4, S1, E53, L17, E40,

Time: 10:46 p.m.
Address: 19137 Keating, 48203
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause:
Details: Second floor on fire when firefighters arrived. Firefighters made an interior attack on the second floor. Firefighters complete search of house at 11:15 p.m. and found no one. Fire was out at 11:30 p.m.
Companies: E44, E56, L18, C8, S5, HPE2

Time: 11:41 p.m.
Address: 56 E. Hildale, 48203
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Only one hydrant is on the block. Fire under control at 12:03 a.m.
Companies: E40, L17, S5, C8, E35, HPE2

Jan. 20

Time: 2:35 a.m.
Address: 21522 Pembroke, 48219
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Unknown
Details: Started as a still alarm, and only one E54 was sent. EMS requested for standby.
Companies: E54, C4, L26, E59, S1

Time: 11:12 a.m.
Address: 1637 E Grand Blvd., 48211
Building type: Commercial
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Mechanical failure
Details: First reported as a “fire going through the roof at a foundry.” Extra company called for manpower. Fire was smaller than initially reported.
Companies: E41, S3, E46, L6, C6, E9

Time: 5:49 p.m.
Address: 5628 Trumbull
Building type: Townhouse
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Kitchen fire that spread.
Details: All civilians were reported out of the townhouse when firefighters arrived. Firefighters attacked a fire inside a townhouse.
Companies: E35, C5, E17, L7, S4

Time: 12:51 p.m.
Address: Hudson & Grand River
Building type: House
Occupancy: Vacant
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: Small fire that the engine handled alone. No address given.
Companies: E39

Jan. 21

Time: 10:44 a.m.
Address: 8951 Alpine
Building type: Junkyard
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause:
Details: Started as a still alarm with an engine and ladder. Car crusher and large pile of rubbish were ablaze. Box alarm called at 11:52 a.m., which means two engines, a ladder truck, squad and chief were sent. L27 was called because L17 didn’t have a working tower. But L27, once it arrived, said: “Our nozzle on our water tower doesn’t work, so the only thing we can do is hold the stick from left to right.” The restrictions of the ladder caused the fire to burn longer.
Companies: E42, E34, L17, E55, S5, C2, L27

Time: 11:31 a.m.
Address: 17153 Indiana
Building type: House
Occupancy: Occupied
Preliminary cause: Suspicious
Details: L18 reported having radio problems. Small fire. Police and arson investigator were requested for suspicious fire. L18 to arson investigator: “We got a 24-year-old male who might have mental issues who started a fire in the kitchen, and the mother and daughter are here.”
Companies: L18

Time: 1:22 p.m.
Address: 9919 Mark Twain
Building type: House
Occupancy:
Preliminary cause: Unknown
Details: All occupants were safely out of the house.
Companies: C2, E53, E57, L17, S1

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