U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-8-18 – 1:50 p.m.
Noon hour fire damages home in Soo Township and another blaze destroys snowmobile in Sault Ste. Marie, MI – plus rescue underway at the Eben Ice Caves
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Sault Ste. Marie, MI) – A stubborn and very smoky fire has Soo Township firefighters battling spreading flames.
In addition, about 12:49 p.m. firefighters were notified of a burning “fully engulfed” snowmobile fire in Sault Ste. Marie.
And at about 12:58 p.m., a woman was reported injured near the Eben Ice Caves in Alger County, MI.
Shortly after noon, firefighters from Soo Township Volunteer Fire Department were sent to a possible chimney fire at 5750 S. Riverside Drive between East 5 Mile Road and East 6 Mile Road.”
“The house is filling with smoke after the woodstove starting making weird noises,” the Chippewa County 911 dispatcher said.
Firefighters arrived to find the home filled with smoke – and flames coming out of the garage.
All the occupants of the home evacuated. No injuries were reported.
And a snowmobile was found burning in Sault Ste. Marie in the area of Greenough Street between East Portage Avenue and Maple Street. Officials are in the process of trying to find the owner of the snowmobile.
And about 1 p.m., the Rock River Township Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a rescue near the Eben Ice Caves in Alger County, MI. Alger EMS was en-route.
The subzero temps made the rescue that much more vital.
A 48-year-old woman walking on the very slippery ice caves hiking trail and fell.
The woman said she apparently broke her knee and is unable to walk. Emergency officials have launched a rescue to carry the woman off the trail and to a hospital – likely U.P. Health System-Marquette.
“She is almost to the Eben Ice Caves on the hiking trail,” a dispatcher told firefighters, adding the victim is unable to get up or walk.
“We have seven firefighters here to carry her out,” said one rescue worker who arrived on the scene.
An EMT said they were stabilizing the knee and the firefighters are going to carry her out on a stretcher.
The length of the ice cave trail is about three-quarters of a mile. Other than the serious knee injury, the victim was reported doing okay.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 