Possible house fire reported near Empire and God streets, Empire MI
Fire & ArsonResponders investigated a report of a possible house fire near Empire and God streets. A large yellow house was mentioned as the source, and a resident reported flames. However, no visible fire was found. A haze of smoke and a strong odor were detected near Pearl and Clay streets, but its origin was unclear. The situation was assessed as potentially a false alarm after a thorough search of the area.
Audio|Source: Berrien County Met North Public Safety
04:18
Transcript:
00:00
Now the call is back on the line stating that it might be a little close to the Empire. It's a big yellow house.
00:09
Okay. I'm Empire and God right now. I'm still looking.
00:14
His phone's peeing at (number withheld), Earl. You want to put down on that from the other way. It's phone peeing at (number withheld) world.
00:20
Uh,
00:21
right.
00:26
Area 4220.
00:35
We're going to standby until we have more information in Ben Harbor.
00:43
We're going to stand by until we have more information in Ben Harbor.
00:46
He said a gentleman from (number withheld) saying that it was the house on the corner behind us.
00:55
He said it burst up in flames.
01:01
Okay.
01:08
Uh... ...owner house one.
01:10
Okay.
01:15
It's just saying a big yellow house on the corner.
01:24
6603 from 5-1.
01:29
There's a haze of smoke down here at Pearl and tell you about we can't tell where it's coming from.
01:33
It's a real late.
01:59
Good.
02:01
Kind of clean, Pearl.
02:03
There's a light haze of smoke, I just can't tell where it's coming from.
02:07
Yeah, that's the same thing the rest of us are finding.
02:10
But we're not, uh,
02:12
we're not finding this supposed yellow house they keep telling us about.
02:22
Okay, I'm going to do the same on Broadway and go that way.
02:26
03 from 5-1.
02:28
Go ahead.
02:32
It sort of smoked like Fireworks.
02:36
Yeah,
02:37
that felt the same, actually.
02:43
6603 from under 105.
02:46
105. 105.
02:51
How much (name withheld)? Do you want to just date anywhere specific? Why don't you just hang out there for now?
03:00
I think this is going to be a false call, but we're just continuing to check the area.
03:19
Sorry.
03:22
You can show a nuclear employs here.
03:24
Sure.
03:30
You're already kind of down that way.
03:35
Zero. Two,
03:37
three,
03:42
from 6603, what did you guys checked?
03:45
What streets?
03:48
We're on Heaven Fire right now. We don't see anything that we went around the block out of pearls.
03:58
Okay.
03:59
We have a heavy odor down here at Clay and Pearl, but we have no signs of fire other than that odor.
04:07
Three-treats you just take an memory by block as well.
04:17
Thank you.
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Empire, MI 49630
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