- Dates
- 2016-05-30 – 2016-05-31
- Kind
- Incident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-servicessafetyinfrastructure
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In a May 31, 2016 forum post, a Beaver Island resident reported that a fire had developed in a garage around 11 p.m. the previous night. The resident and his wife used a hose to suppress visible flames, then called the fire department after observing continuing hot spots; the post says firefighters arrived about 20 minutes later and completed suppression.
Evidence limits
This is a detailed first-person forum account, but it is not an official fire incident report. The archive does not identify the property, establish the cause or extent of damage, or independently confirm the response time and outcome.
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Sources
- A resident described discovering flames at a garage around 11 p.m., backing a pickup through the closed sliding door, extinguishing visible fire with a hose, and calling the fire department after seeing persistent hot spots. The post says firefighters arrived about 20 minutes later and completed suppression. No address, incident report, damage assessment, cause, or independent corroboration is retained.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010241
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Beaver Island Archive, “Resident reports a garage fire and Beaver Island Fire Department response, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garage-fire-fire-department-response-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Garage fire:,” May 31–June 5, 2016..
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