A man was burned over 30 percent of his body trying to put out a kitchen fire in his apartment, and a resident of an adjacent apartment suffered minor injuries when she jumped out a window to escape Tuesday afternoon in Ypsilanti, firefighters said.
An electrical fire at a vacant unit in an office building on Washtenaw Avenue in Ypsilanti spread through the shared attic of adjacent businesses on Wednesday evening, causing extensive damage.
An underground fire to power lines at Hamilton Crossing apartment complex in Ypsilanti, located at 596 S. Hamilton St., temporarily left residents without power and halted construction on Thursday afternoon.
An Eastern Michigan University student accused of setting a small fire Wednesday in a bathroom at the Student Center told police he planned to burn the building down, but changed his mind, EMU Interim Public Safety Director Bob Heighes said. Paul Travis McClendon, 55, of Ypsilanti Township, was arraigned this ...
A 29-year-old man who was at Riverside Park with family members drowned Tuesday night in the Huron River in Ypsilanti, police said. Authorities responded at 5:15 p.m. to the river near the Michigan Avenue bridge, where the man was pulled from the water by a member of the Washtenaw County ...
A man accused of setting fire to the historic Thompson Block building in Ypsilanti's Depot Town in 2009 has pleaded no contest to an arson charge in the case. Jacob Popiolek, 21, of Ypsilanti, pleaded no contest Tuesday to the charge of arson — preparing to burn property of more ...
Ypsilanti fire officials have been unable to pinpoint the cause of a fire that killed an 81-year-old woman on May 12, but said today that the blaze started near the microwave and has been ruled an accident. Fire Chief Jon Ichesco said because of the extent of the damage to ...
A crew of rescuers from the Ypsilanti Fire Department has been honored by the department for their work in saving the life of a 65-year-old man who went into cardiac arrest last year and walked out of the hospital on his own. The fire department personnel recognized last week for ...
An early morning house fire in the 400 block of Emerick Street in Ypsilanti caused $15,000 in damage, but residents escaped with only minor injuries. When City of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township firefighters arrived on the scene at about 2 a.m., all occupants were out of the house, said Ypsilanti ...
The Ypsilanti police and fire departments are adding new vehicles to their fleets. The Ypsilanti City Council approved purchasing a new class 1 pump truck from engine manufacturer Crimson Fire, Inc and the purchase of four new police vehicles at its Tuesday meeting.
The Ypsilanti Fire Department won't face any layoffs for the next two years after the union agreed to a 5 percent pay cut and greater contributions to health care benefits. The Ypsilanti City Council unanimously approved the agreement Tuesday, which will save the city roughly $200,000 as it contends with ...
The Ypsilanti Fire Department has received a $263,150 grant from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both D-Mich., announced today. The Dexter Area Fire Department will receive $52,192. Ypsilanti Fire Capt. Max Anthouard said the grant will be used to buy a new fire ...
Ypsilanti firefighters extinguished a car fire Tuesday afternoon in the 1300 block of Washtenaw Avenue, fire officials said. A woman went inside a day care center to pick up her child about 4:52 p.m., leaving her 10-year-old son in the car, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.
Three Washtenaw County fire departments are moving forward with plans that could change the way emergency calls for service are handled in the future. The increased cooperation - which officials say say lies between a mutual aid pact and functional fire district - is designed to maximize resources as several ...
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