FFD assists Birch Run with hotel fire, handles garden tractor blaze

  The Frankenmuth Fire Department had two responses to alarms over the past week, raising the 2025 total of 49 calls for service to date.

  At 10:38am Wednesday, April 16, the Birch Run Fire Department requested a mutual aid response for an attic fire at the Holiday Inn Express, 12150 Dixie Highway.

  Birch Run asked for the FFD’s Truck 3 (aerial) to assist with this three-floor structure, along with Bridgeport Fire Department’s aerial ladder truck, and Taymouth Township’s fire engine.

  FFD Assistant Chief Dan Schneirla said the FFD crew was one scene nearly 90 minutes and assisted with overhauling as the small fire was contained and may have been caused by some “hot” mechanical work taking place within the structure. Evacuation did take place and 12 FFD personnel reported for duty.

  At 1:43pm Sunday, April 20, the FFD was called for a possible structure fire in the 7500 block of Greenleaf Court.

  FFD Lt. Eric MacKinnon advised that prior to calling en route, they were told that small tractor was on fire in the field, however, the Frankenmuth Police officer at the scene noted there was a small woods fire and the fire was behind some homes on Pinewood Drive.

  �use the fire was well off the road, access to it posed a challenged and Utility 6, a Polaris Ranger, was driven to the scene to access the blaze. About 100 gallons of water was used,” FFD Chief Phil Kerns said.

  The tractor was a total loss, but no structures were threatened. ....

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