Overview
- Crews were dispatched at 4:56 a.m. to 23685 Northwestern Highway and arrived to heavy smoke with fire in the roof.
- Firefighters began an interior attack but withdrew due to intense conditions, and the incident was upgraded to a full box alarm.
- Two Southfield firefighters sustained minor injuries and were treated at a local hospital, according to the department.
- Bloomfield Township assisted under mutual aid, and Ferndale crews investigated a separate alarm that was later determined to be false.
- The blaze was contained to the unoccupied house, which suffered heavy damage, and the origin remains under investigation by fire officials.