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Generator-caused fire burns Bessemer home

WXPR | By Ben Meyer
Published September 28, 2021 at 5:14 PM CDT
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A fire burned a home in Bessemer on Tuesday.
Gogebic County Sheriff's Office

A generator appears to have started a fire that burned a home in Bessemer on Tuesday.

First responders got the call to report to the home on Lead Street around 7:30 a.m.

The people inside had already gotten out by the time help arrived. No one was hurt.

The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office says a generator running adjacent to the home likely caused the fire.

Several organizations responded to the fire.

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Ben Meyer
Ben worked as the Special Topics Correspondent at WXPR from September 2019 until November 2021. He now contributes occasionally to WXPR. During his full-time employment, his main focus was reporting on environment and natural resources issues in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of The Stream, a weekly series.
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