By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief
FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Five fire departments responded to a two-structure fire at 10944 N. Darr Rd. Tuesday evening, April 1. Firefighters were initially dispatched to a reported garage fire at 7:28 p.m. Upon arrival they discovered that a pole barn and an unattached house were both on fire. Nobody was home. Free Soil/Meade Township Fire Chief Vince Williams requested the Michigan State Police fire marshal to respond to investigate the fire since the buildings were not attached. Williams said he would not declare the fire suspicious, however, letting the fire marshal to make that determination.
Fire departments on scene included Free Soil Meade Fire Department, Grant Township Fire Department, Fountain Area Fire Department, Filer Township Fire Department (Manistee County) and Stronach Fire Department (Manistee County). Mason County Sheriff’s Office and Great Lakes Energy also responded. While on scene, Grant Township Fire Department was additionally dispatched to a reported vehicle and grass fire on Free Soil Road west of US 31. While en-route, Mason-Oceana 911 reported that a subject had been shot and was located in the Grant Township Cemetery. That person’s condition is unknown as of posting. Read related story here.
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