Officials investigate large house fire in Washtenaw County

Superior Township Fire Chief Victor Chevrette said the 79-year-old man who owned the home on the 3800 block of Frains Lake Road called 911 about the fire at 12:44 pm

Emergency responders from 11 fire departments arrived to find the two-story, 5,000-square-foot home ablaze, Chevrette said. The large fire called for the unusual amount of crews and a tanker shuttle since there were no nearby hydrants in the rural area, he added.

“It was such a large home,” the fire chief said. “When we arrived, we had fire coming out all of the windows.”