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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The four family members and a pet were alerted by the smell of smoke and quickly got out of the home.  When crews arrived fire was seen through the roof.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  ANTRIM CO. -- Fire crews were able to save an Elk Rapids Township home from total loss after a fire broke out at the home Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Crews got the call around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon for the home on Clearwater Point Road in Elk Rapids Township.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  The Republican-led Michigan House has approved a series of changes Michigan's fireworks law including giving local governments power to restrict their use.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Crews got the call around 11 a.m. for the home on Cook Road, southwest of the junction of US-31 and M-115

Monday, May 06, 2013  Fire officials say a chimney fire may have been the cause.

Monday, April 29, 2013  The Fire Department reports that the mother, who was home with her two children at the time of the fire, said her children were playing with a lighter in a bedroom and started the fire.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  The Wexford County fire department and Cadillac city fire department spent hours battling a house fire Sunday.

Friday, March 15, 2013  One woman died of a heart attack after breathing in hot gases when a fire moved quickly through her home.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that killed two adults and five children in rural Kentucky.

Monday, March 11, 2013  The owner of the home was getting ready to take her kids to school and noticed smoke filling up the house.  When

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Fire crews were called to the log cabin in Leelanau County just after 1am Tuesday.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  UPDATED WITH PHOTOS: Fire crews are battling a fire at a Green Lake Township cottage near Interlochen. No one was in the home at the time of the fire.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Crews are on the scene of a fire in a trailer home that was built into a pole barn.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Fire crews were on the scene of a house fire in Mecosta County's Colfax Township early Thursday morning.  The Big Rapids Fire Department tells 7&4 News that the home was on 150th Road and 14 Mile Road and started about 6:30 a.m.